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
- 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
- abort
- back wrong horse
- backslide
- be defeated
- be demoted
- be found lacking
- be in vain
- be lost
- be ruined
- blunder
- break down
- collapse
- come to naught
- come to nothing
- decline
- deteriorate
- fall
- fall flat
- fall short
- fall through
- fizzle
- flop
- flounder
- fold
- founder
- go astray
- go down
- go down swinging
- go downhill
- go lame
- go to bottom
- go up in smoke
- go wrong
- hit bottom
- hit the skids
- lose control
- lose out
- lose status
- lurch
- meet with disaster
- miscarry
- misfire
- miss
- miss fire
- miss the boat
- miss the mark
- play into
- run aground
- sink
- slip
- sprawl
- stagger
- stumble
- submerge
- submerse
- trip
- turn out badly
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