Antonyms for falls through

Grammar : Verb

Spell : fawl

Phonetic Transcription : fɔl

Definition of falls through

Origin : present participle adjective from fall (v.). Falling star is from 1560s; falling out "disagreement" is from 1560s. Falling evil "epilepsy" is from early 13c.

As in miscarry : verb fail to attain goal
As in fail : verb be unsuccessful
As in founder : verb go under, fail

Example sentences :

Two and a half pages are filled with the crossing, and yet he falls through the ice.
Extract from : « The Possessed » by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Antony fails and falls through excess of lust; Lear through trust in men, and Timon through heedless generosity.
Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris

During the second second it falls through a distance of forty-eight feet, and during the third second a distance of eighty feet.
Extract from : « Perpetual Motion » by Percy Verance

Frosty weather is the best for snow-shoe travelling, as the snow is fine and dust-like, and falls through the net-work.
Extract from : « Hudson Bay » by R.M. Ballantyne

The paddy that falls through is taken and stored in the loft in large round bins made of bark.
Extract from : « Children of Borneo » by Edwin Herbert Gomes

I slip the paper in the slit and poke till it falls through on the other side of the door.
Extract from : « The Lost Kafoozalum » by Pauline Ashwell

A sort of sending a delinquent to Coventry exists, but falls through when the matter has blown over.
Extract from : « Castes and Tribes of Southern India » by Edgar Thurston

You ought to see the light of the October moon, as it falls through a roof of leafless limbs in some silent piece of woods.
Extract from : « The Fall of the Year » by Dallas Lore Sharp

If it falls through, and you find the horse still on your hands, there is no need to mention its association with the omnibus.
Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, February 8, 1890 » by Various

I've tried for two years to get this, and if it falls through now, I shall find it hard to bear.'
Extract from : « Black Rock » by Ralph Connor

Synonyms for falls through

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