falter
verb (used without object)
to hesitate or waver in action, purpose, intent, etc.; give way.
Used to describe an action that will be fully completed or achieved by a specific point in the future.
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If he fails again, Wenger will have faltered with Arsenal's rivals all stumbling around them.
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2016