Both Uses
debacle
in
Me Before You
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- I was just quietly hopeful that, after the racing debacle, Will was still prepared to leave the annex.†
p. 177.2 *
- I scanned the local paper, glancing at football matches and village fetes, but was afraid after the racing debacle that Will's chair might get stuck in the grass.†
p. 225.9
Definitions:
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(1)
(debacle as in: the venture was a debacle) an event or enterprise that ends disastrously -- especially because of poor planning or preparation
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)