Everyday English
without fail
every time without exception
Always or every time, without exception.
Hear it in real life
Does your brother remember your birthday?
Every year without fail.
She checks on her grandmother every evening without fail.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: He calls me without failing.
Say: He calls me without fail.
The fixed expression is "without fail," not the progressive form "without failing."
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
do something without fail; every day without fail; will arrive without fail
Your turn: say it out loud
She checks on her grandmother every evening without fail.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
without fail
every time without exception
“She checks on her grandmother every evening without fail.”
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