Related Clues:

• One may be epic
• Be unable to achieve one's object
• Fail an exam (in the US)
• Come to nothing
• Do not pass
• Epic ___
• It's their destiny to get this in the end without success
• 'Words ___ me!'
• Not make the grade?
• Go pfft
• Do badly
• Need to retake in summer school, say
• Get no credit, in a way
• Feel ill, following first collapse
• Run out; flop