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fall through
verb as in fail
Strongest matches
Weak matches
- back wrong horse
- be defeated
- be demoted
- be found lacking
- be in vain
- be ruined
- come to naught
- come to nothing
- fall flat
- fall short
- go astray
- go down
- go down swinging
- go downhill
- go up in smoke
- go wrong
- hit bottom
- hit the skids
- lose control
- lose out
- lose status
- meet with disaster
- miss the boat
- play into
- run aground
- turn out badly
verb as in founder
verb as in miscarry
Strongest match
Weak matches
- back wrong horse
- be defeated
- be demoted
- be found lacking
- be in vain
- be ruined
- break down
- come to naught
- come to nothing
- fall flat
- fall short
- go astray
- go down
- go down swinging
- go downhill
- go up in smoke
- go wrong
- hit bottom
- hit the skids
- lose control
- lose out
- lose status
- meet with disaster
- miss fire
- miss the boat
- miss the mark
- play into
- run aground
- turn out badly
Example Sentences
There are times when economies are booming, but people continue to fall through the cracks.
There have been more than 300 Ben sightings since he disappeared, and each time the leads fall through.
“These are still the women who fall through the cracks of the system,” King says.
Even so, far too many mothers and their babies fall through the cracks, becoming seriously ill or even dying.
What about the people who fall through the cracks and are stuck without insurance for two years?
Without it the overture would cease to be an overture; without it the entire programme would fall through.
Sogrange took them up helplessly, one after the other, reading the names aloud and letting them fall through his fingers.
The shelf is always clean, as the shavings and dirt fall through, and the tools may be readily picked up.
These stone floors are too thick for anyone to fall through.
It is a generally familiar fact that the incomparably larger number of complaints of attacks on womens honor, fall through.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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