"fail up the ladder" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: fails up the ladder [present, singular, third-person], failing up the ladder [participle, present], failed up the ladder [participle, past], failed up the ladder [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} fail up the ladder (third-person singular simple present fails up the ladder, present participle failing up the ladder, simple past and past participle failed up the ladder)
  1. Synonym of fail upwards Synonyms: fail upwards [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-fail_up_the_ladder-en-verb-qvKB9UNF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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