Antonyms for fell short
| Grammar : Verb |
- accomplish
- accumulate
- achieve
- ascend
- attend
- benefit
- blow up
- brighten
- build
- capture
- collect
- complete
- confront
- correct
- deliver
- develop
- do
- do well
- earn
- enhance
- enlarge
- expand
- extend
- face
- fight
- fill
- find
- finish
- fix
- gain
- gather
- give
- go up
- grow
- heed
- hoard
- hold
- hold on to
- improve
- increase
- keep
- lengthen
- look at
- loosen
- maintain
- meet
- merit
- note
- notice
- obtain
- pay attention
- procure
- prosper
- raise
- reach
- refuse
- regard
- remember
- respect
- rise
- satisfy
- save
- starve
- strengthen
- stretch
- succeed
- take
- take on
- win
Definition of fell short
- As in let down : verb disappoint
- As in lose : verb be deprived of; mislay
- As in misfire : verb fail
- As in miss : verb fail, make a mistake
- As in shrink : verb become smaller
- As in wane : verb diminish, lessen
- As in miscarry : verb fail to attain goal
- As in fail : verb be unsuccessful
- As in flop : verb fail miserably
Synonyms for fell short
- abandon
- abate
- abort
- atrophy
- back wrong horse
- backfire
- backslide
- be careless
- be defeated
- be demoted
- be found lacking
- be impoverished
- be in vain
- be late for
- be reduced
- be ruined
- become poorer
- bereave
- blow
- blunder
- bomb
- botch
- break down
- capitulate
- close
- come apart
- come to naught
- come to nothing
- compress
- concentrate
- condense
- constrict
- consume
- contract
- decline
- decrease
- default
- deflate
- deplete
- depress
- deteriorate
- die away
- die down
- die out
- dim
- diminish
- disenchant
- disillusion
- disinherit
- displace
- dispossess
- disregard
- dissatisfy
- dissipate
- divest
- drain
- draw to a close
- drop
- drop off
- drop the ball
- dwindle
- ease off
- ebb
- err
- exhaust
- expend
- explode
- fade
- fade away
- fail
- fail to keep
- fall
- fall flat
- fall flat on face
- fall off
- fall short
- fall through
- fizz out
- fizzle
- fizzle out
- flop
- flounder
- flub
- flummox
- fold
- forfeit
- forget
- founder
- fumble
- give up
- go astray
- go down
- go down swinging
- go downhill
- go up in smoke
- go wrong
- grow smaller
- hit bottom
- hit the skids
- ignore
- juggle
- lavish
- leave in lurch
- leave stranded
- lessen
- let go
- let slip
- let up
- lose
- lose control
- lose out
- lose status
- lower
- meet with disaster
- miscarry
- misfire
- mislay
- misplace
- miss
- miss fire
- miss the boat
- miss the mark
- misspend
- moderate
- muff
- narrow
- neglect
- omit
- oust
- overlook
- overshoot
- pass over
- pass up
- peter out
- play into
- poop out
- pull down
- reduce
- relent
- relinquish
- rob
- run aground
- sacrifice
- shorten
- shrink
- shrivel
- sink
- skip
- slack off
- slacken
- slight
- slip
- squander
- subside
- suffer
- suffer loss
- surrender
- take down
- taper off
- trip
- trip up
- turn out badly
- undershoot
- use up
- wane
- wash out
- waste
- waste away
- weaken
- wind down
- wither
- wrinkle
- yield
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