fall through
See also: fallthrough and fall-through
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fall through (third-person singular simple present falls through, present participle falling through, simple past fell through, past participle fallen through)Category:English lemmas#FALLTHROUGHCategory:English verbs#FALLTHROUGHCategory:English phrasal verbs#FALLTHROUGHCategory:English phrasal verbs formed with %22through%22#FALLTHROUGHCategory:English multiword terms#FALLTHROUGHCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#FALLTHROUGHCategory:Pages with entries#FALL%20THROUGHCategory:Pages with 1 entry#FALL%20THROUGH
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fall, through.
- (intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#FALLTHROUGH, idiomaticCategory:English idioms#FALLTHROUGH) To be unsuccessful, come to nothing; to be cancelled; not to proceed.
- Their plans to go hiking Saturday fell through because it rained.Category:English terms with usage examples#FALLTHROUGH
- 2020 July 1, Howard Johnston, “Regional News: Western: Bratton Fleming”, in Rail, page 24:
- Lynton & Barnstaple Railway revivalists have unexpectedly been given a second chance to purchase the station, after the original sale deal fell through.Category:English terms with quotations#FALLTHROUGH
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Translations
to be unsuccessful, come to nothing; to be cancelled; not to proceed
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