Synonyms for fall through
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : fawl |
| Phonetic Transcription : fɔl |
Top 10 synonyms for fall through Other synonyms for the word fall through
- back wrong horse
- be defeated
- be demoted
- be found lacking
- be in vain
- be lost
- be ruined
- break down
- come to naught
- come to nothing
- fall flat
- fall short
- 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
- submerge
- submerse
- trip
- turn out badly
Définition of fall through
Origin :- Old English feallan (class VII strong verb; past tense feoll, past participle feallen) "to fall; fail, decay, die," from Proto-Germanic *fallanan (cf. Old Frisian falla, Old Saxon fallan, Dutch vallen, Old Norse falla, Old High German fallan, German fallen), from PIE root *pol- "to fall" (cf. Armenian p'ul "downfall," Lithuanian puola "to fall," Old Prussian aupallai "finds," literally "falls upon").
- Most of the figurative senses had developed in Middle English. Meaning "to be reduced" (as temperature) is from 1650s. To fall in love is attested from 1520s; to fall asleep is late 14c. Fall through "come to naught" is from 1781. To fall for something is from 1903.
- As in miscarry : verb fail to attain goal
- As in fail : verb be unsuccessful
- As in founder : verb go under, fail
- The detached seed will then fall through a grid provided for the purpose.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Cotton Plant » by Frederick Wilkinson
- There were holes in this metal basket for the cinders to fall through.
- Extract from : « Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States » by Various
- These stone floors are too thick for anyone to fall through.
- Extract from : « The Pony Rider Boys in Texas » by Frank Gee Patchin
- But he'll fall through some day for all that, I shouldn't wonder.
- Extract from : « April's Lady » by Margaret Wolfe Hungerford
- Heaven and Earth had warned him that he too should fall through his children.
- Extract from : « Myth, Ritual, and Religion, Vol. 1 » by Andrew Lang
- Having been attracted to the trap they fall through the roof and are speared in the hole.
- Extract from : « The Central Eskimo » by Franz Boas
- I do not half like the state of things, and this conjuration about the bees may all fall through.
- Extract from : « Oak Openings » by James Fenimore Cooper
- Unhappily for him, however, he did not fall through completely.
- Extract from : « Red Fox » by Charles G. D. Roberts
- It would be a pity for the whole scheme to fall through for lack of brains.
- Extract from : « The Seven Darlings » by Gouverneur Morris
- Some fall through loving too much, others through loving not at all.
- Extract from : « Not Guilty » by Robert Blatchford
Antonyms for fall through
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