fail safe in English

Forms: fails safe [present, singular, third-person], failing safe [participle, present], failed safe [participle, past], failed safe [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} fail safe (third-person singular simple present fails safe, present participle failing safe, simple past and past participle failed safe)

Inflected forms

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"fail safe" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms