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fall short


These are words and phrases related to fall short. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of fall short.

TO NOT WORK OR HAPPEN AS INTENDED


The new camera promises excellent zoom capabilities, but it falls short.

Synonyms and examples


fail
We tried our best, but ultimately the project failed.
fall apart
Things were going smoothly until we hired him, and now everything is falling apart.
fall to pieces
The plan has potential, but unless we proceed carefully, it could fall to pieces.
fall through
Our plans to visit fell through at the last minute.
crack
informal
The Liberal Party is cracking under the pressure of these allegations.
go belly up
mainly USinformal
I wanted to invest in his company, but it went belly up at the beginning of the year.
fall between two stools
The book really fell between two stools: not short enough to appeal to casual readers, but not serious enough to draw in literary readers.
go down the pan
UKinformal
I had high hopes for my club, but they've gone down the pan.
go pear-shaped
UKinformal
All seemed to be on track, but then our plans went pear-shaped.
come to nothing
All those years of work, and for what? It's all come to nothing.
bite the dust
Despite interest from investors, it's likely that the airline start-up will bite the dust.
come a cropper
informal
The team really came a cropper after trading their star forward.
go down the tubes
informal
Without a stimulus package, our economy's going to go down the tubes.
crash and burn
informal
Once the goalie was injured, the team crashed and burned, losing 7-1.
flop
His debut film flopped at the box office.
bomb
mainly USinformal
The play absolutely bombed.

Antonym and example


succeed
The campaign succeeded, and he was re-elected.
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See words related to fall short


failure
breakdown
meltdown
collapse
washout
informal
fiasco
debacle
omnishambles
UKinformal
flameout
USinformal
non-success
inefficacy
formal
success
turkey
informal
clunker
USinformal
dud
informal
lemon
mainly USinformal
be a disaster
informal
loser
informal
lame duck
no-hoper
UK
non-starter
informal
default
malpractice
dereliction
neglect
negligence
lapse
non-fulfilment
UK
non-action
inaction
formal
Learn more
When something fails, it does not work or does not happen as intended. The fact of being unsuccessful is called failure. Failure is also used to describe someone or something that is not successful or the fact of not doing something that you should.

fall short | American Thesaurus


fall short


verb
These are words and phrases related to fall short. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of fall short.

FIZZLE


Synonyms


fizzle
come to nothing
fail
abort
misfire
fall through
miscarry
come to grief
miss the mark
flop
Slang
fizzle out
Slang
break down
collapse
founder

MISS


Synonyms


fail to attain
miss the mark
fly wide
fail to light upon
miss
fail to hit
fail to reach
fail to strike
fail to receive
fail to obtain

Antonyms


hit
reach
strike
attain
obtain
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