Dictionary

fall through en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fall, through.
2. (idiomatic, intransitive) To be unsuccessful, come to nothing; to be cancelled; not to proceed.
   • Their plans to go hiking Saturday fell through because it rained.
   • Lynton & Barnstaple Railway revivalists have unexpectedly been given a second chance to purchase the station, after the original sale deal fell through. 2020 July 1, Howard Johnston, “Regional News: Western: Bratton Fleming”, in Rail, page 24:

Forms

Deriveds

fallthrough · fall-through

Translations (15)

hu dugába dől (to be unsuccessful, come to nothing; to be cancelled; not to proceed) · fi ajautua karille (to be unsuccessful, come to nothing; to be cancelled; not to proceed) · de fehlschlagen (to be unsuccessful, come to nothing; to be cancelled; not to proceed) · de ins Wasser fallen (to be unsuccessful, come to nothing; to be cancelled; not to proceed) · tr suya düşmek (to be unsuccessful, come to nothing; to be cancelled; not to proceed) · pl przepaść (to be unsuccessful, come to nothing; to be cancelled; not to proceed) · hu kútba esik (to be unsuccessful, come to nothing; to be cancelled; not to proceed) · de scheitern (to be unsuccessful, come to nothing; to be cancelled; not to proceed) · bg пропадам (to be unsuccessful, come to nothing; to be cancelled; not to proceed) · fr tomber à l’eau (to be unsuccessful, come to nothing; to be cancelled; not to proceed) · it andare a monte (to be unsuccessful, come to nothing; to be cancelled; not to proceed) · hu kudarcba fullad (to be unsuccessful, come to nothing; to be cancelled; not to proceed) · hu füstbe megy (to be unsuccessful, come to nothing; to be cancelled; not to proceed) · pl przepadać (to be unsuccessful, come to nothing; to be cancelled; not to proceed) · hu meghiúsul (to be unsuccessful, come to nothing; to be cancelled; not to proceed)