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faire défaut
faire défaut
be missing; fail to appear; be lacking
→ faire
phrase
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be missing; fail to appear; be lacking
Used when something needed is absent or when a person, thing, or quality does not provide what is expected. Common in formal or written French.
FR:
Le soutien nous fait défaut.
EN:
We are lacking support.