Synonyms for falling through
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : fawl |
| Phonetic Transcription : fɔl |
Top 10 synonyms for falling through Other synonyms for the word falling 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 falling 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
- The rain, as if falling through a sieve, immediately disappears.
- Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
- Yes, were not like the skaters on the Serpentinealways in danger of falling through.
- Extract from : « The Field of Ice » by Jules Verne
- Can you picture us falling through that hole to the very bottom?
- Extract from : « Fruitfulness » by Emile Zola
- All was light, light, and the boat seemed to be falling through it.
- Extract from : « Lord Jim » by Joseph Conrad
- And then she saw that tears were falling through his trembling fingers.
- Extract from : « Rodman The Boatsteerer And Other Stories » by Louis Becke
- It's black,—quite black,—and I feel as if I was falling through it all.'
- Extract from : « The Light That Failed » by Rudyard Kipling
- Why does any liquid in falling through the air assume the globule form?
- Extract from : « Physics » by Willis Eugene Tower
- I am a cripple; I was injured by falling through a sidewalk.
- Extract from : « The Pansy Magazine, June 1886 » by Various
- That's why I interfered when the plan looked like falling through.
- Extract from : « The Duke of Stockbridge » by Edward Bellamy
- And nothing but the floor stopped me from falling through to China.
- Extract from : « Susan Clegg and Her Love Affairs » by Anne Warner
Antonyms for falling through
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