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Verb: miscarry  'mis,ker-ee or ,mis'ka-ree [N. Amer], mis'ka-ree [Brit]
  1. Suffer a miscarriage
    "Unfortunately, she miscarried in her second trimester"
     
  2. Be unsuccessful
    "The plan miscarried due to poor timing";
    - fail, go wrong

Derived forms: miscarried, miscarries, miscarrying

Type of: abort, act, move

Antonym: carry to term

Encyclopedia: Miscarry