Moby Thesaurus. Grady Ward. 1996.
fall through — {v.}, {informal} To fail; be ruined; not happen or be done. * /Jim s plans to go to college fell through at the last moment./ * /Mr. Jones deal to sell his house fell through./ Contrast: COME OFF … Dictionary of American idioms
fall through — {v.}, {informal} To fail; be ruined; not happen or be done. * /Jim s plans to go to college fell through at the last moment./ * /Mr. Jones deal to sell his house fell through./ Contrast: COME OFF … Dictionary of American idioms
fall through — ► fall through fail. Main Entry: ↑fall … English terms dictionary
fall through — verb fail utterly; collapse The project foundered • Syn: ↑fall flat, ↑founder, ↑flop • Derivationally related forms: ↑flop (for: ↑flop) … Useful english dictionary
fall through — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms fall through : present tense I/you/we/they fall through he/she/it falls through present participle falling through past tense fell through past participle fallen through if something such as a deal, plan, or … English dictionary
fall through — UK US fall through Phrasal Verb with fall({{}}/fɔːl/ verb (fell, fallen) ► [I] if something that has been planned or agreed falls through, it does not happen: »The deal fell through when someone made our client a better offer … Financial and business terms
fall-through — noun In certain programming constructs, the situation where execution passes to the next condition in a list unless explicitly redirected. It is a good idea to comment the (rare) cases in which a fall through is intentional so that an uncommented … Wiktionary
fall through — phr verb Fall through is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑arrangement, ↑deal, ↑plan, ↑sale … Collocations dictionary
fall through/between the cracks — (also slip through/between the cracks) : to fail to be noticed or included with others Parents are concerned that children who have trouble in school will fall through the cracks in the school system. [=will not be given the help they need; will… … Useful english dictionary
fall through the net — see ↑net, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑fall … Useful english dictionary
fall through the cracks — slip/fall/through the cracks phrase to not be dealt with by a system that is designed to help you or to stop you doing something Too many neglected children are slipping through the cracks. Thesaurus: to not make progresssynonym Main entry: crack … Useful english dictionary
