- fall through
- ((of plans etc) to fail or come to nothing: Our plans fell through.) échouer
English-French dictionary. 2014.
English-French dictionary. 2014.
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 — 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 the cracks — to be not noticed or dealt with. Obviously too many young people fall through the cracks in the healthcare system … New idioms dictionary
fall through — Synonyms and related words: break down, collapse, come to naught, come to nothing, crash, fall, fall dead, fall down, fall flat, fall in, fall short, fall stillborn, fizzle out, get bogged down, get hung up, get mired, go to smash, peter out,… … Moby Thesaurus
fall through — (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb To be unsuccessful: choke, fail. Informal: fall down, flop. Slang: bomb. Idioms: fail of success, fall short. See THRIVE. II verb See fall … English dictionary for students
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 … Словарь американских идиом