words fail someone (English, phrase)
expansion: words fail someone (present participle words failing someone, simple past words failed someone)
Senses:
glosses: Someone is incapable of describing something with words, especially due to fear, shock, or surprise.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: words failing someone
tags: participle
present
form: words failed someone
tags: past
form: words fail
tags: alternative