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  • 1fall 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

  • 2fall 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

  • 3fall through — ► fall through fail. Main Entry: ↑fall …

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  • 4fall through — verb fail utterly; collapse The project foundered • Syn: ↑fall flat, ↑founder, ↑flop • Derivationally related forms: ↑flop (for: ↑flop) …

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  • 5fall 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 …

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  • 6fall 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 …

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  • 7fall-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 …

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  • 8fall through — phr verb Fall through is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑arrangement, ↑deal, ↑plan, ↑sale …

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  • 9fall 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… …

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  • 10fall through the net — see ↑net, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑fall …

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