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Miscarry

mɪsˈkari

Miscarry definitions
verb
miscarries miscarrying miscarried miscarry
  1. (of a pregnant woman) experience miscarriage of a baby

    "Wendy miscarried after five weeks"

    lose one's baby have a miscarriage have a pregnancy loss abort have a spontaneous abortion
  2. (of a plan) fail to attain an intended outcome

    "such a rash crime, and one so very likely to miscarry!"

    go wrong go awry go amiss be unsuccessful fail misfire abort be abortive founder come to nothing come to grief meet with disaster fall through be ruined fall flat boomerang rebound backfire recoil
    • (of a letter) fail to reach its intended destination

      "many of my letters home miscarried because the post went through enemy-occupied Europe"