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fail

 
 
/feɪl/ noun

Definition

without fail If you do something without fail, you always do it, even when it is difficult: I go to the gym every Monday and Thursday without fail.
(Definition of fail noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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