fall through

See also: fallthrough and fall-through

English

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Verb

fall through (third-person singular simple present falls through, present participle falling through, simple past fell through, past participle fallen through)

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fall,‎ through.
2. (intransitive, idiomatic) To be unsuccessful, come to nothing; to be cancelled; not to proceed.

   Their plans to go hiking Saturday fell through because it rained.

   • 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.

Derived terms

• fallthrough, fall-through

 

Translations

to be unsuccessful, come to nothing; to be cancelled; not to proceed

• Bulgarian: пропадам (bg) (propadam)
• Finnish: ajautua karille
• French: tomber à l’eau (fr)
• German: fehlschlagen (de), scheitern (de), ins Wasser fallen (de)
• Hungarian: füstbe megy, kútba esik (hu), meghiúsul (hu), dugába dől (hu), kudarcba fullad (hu)
• Italian: andare a monte
• Polish: przepadać (pl) impf, przepaść (pl) pf

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