miscarry
verb (used without object)
to have a miscarriage of a fetus.
Used to describe an action that will be fully completed or achieved by a specific point in the future.
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Farewell, monseigneur; should I not receive a reply in the space of fifteen days, I shall presume my letter will have miscarried.
From Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas père