fall+short
1fall short — {v.} To fail to reach (some aim); not succeed. * /His jump fell three inches short of the world record./ * /The movie fell short of expectations./ Contrast: MEASURE UP …
2fall short — {v.} To fail to reach (some aim); not succeed. * /His jump fell three inches short of the world record./ * /The movie fell short of expectations./ Contrast: MEASURE UP …
3fall short — index fail (lose), lack, require (need) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
4fall short — v. (D; intr.) to fall short of (they fell short of their goal) * * * (D; intr.) to fall short of (they fell short of their goal) …
5fall short — Synonyms and related words: be disappointing, be found wanting, be inferior, be insufficient, collapse, come short, crash, decline, fail, fail of, fall, fall away, fall dead, fall down, fall flat, fall in, fall shy, fall stillborn, fall through,… …
6fall\ short — v To fail to reach (some aim); not succeed. His jump fell three inches short of the world record. The movie fell short of expectations. Contrast: measure up …
7fall short of — If something proves inadequate or insufficient, or does not reach the required standard, it falls short of what is expected. Sales of the new product fell short of the company s expectations …
8fall short — verb to be less satisfactory than expected; to be inadequate or insufficient But if being is not a whole through being affected by that affection, and there is such a thing as the whole itself, if follows that being falls short of itself …
9fall short — not able to do as well as planned I m falling short of my career goals because I ve been ill …
10To fall short — Fall Fall (f[add]l), v. i. [imp. {Fell} (f[e^]l); p. p. {Fallen} (f[add]l n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Falling}.] [AS. feallan; akin to D. vallen, OS. & OHG. fallan, G. fallen, Icel. Falla, Sw. falla, Dan. falde, Lith. pulti, L. fallere to deceive, Gr.… …
