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TheShadow

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Hi, Can you say:

"If your dish failed, we can always order out"

Thanks
 
Hi, Can you say:

"If your dish failed, we can always order out"

Thanks

"If your dish failed, we could always order out"
"If your dish fails we can always order out"
 
If my dish failed I would think my TV wasn't working.
 
I have a feeling we can/would say "we can order in" as well as/instead of "we can order out". "We can order take-out" works too. In BrE, that's normally "we can get a takeaway".
 
I don't think you would ever hear "failed" used in that context in AmE.
 
I don't think you would ever hear "failed" used in that context in AmE.
This speaker of BrE would be unlikely to use it.
 
About the only dish I can think of which is commonly referred to with "succeeded" or "failed" is a soufflé.
 
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