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fall at the final hurdle

Syllables: fall at the fi·nal hurd·leUK/ˈfɔːl æt ðə ˌfaɪnl̩ ˈhɜːdl̩/US/ˈfɔl æt ðə ˌfaɪn(ə)l ˈhɝd(ə)l/

fall at the final hurdle verb: synonym of fall at the last hurdle.

Verb

fall at the final hurdle (third-person singular simple present falls at the final hurdle, present participle falling at the final hurdle, simple past fell at the final hurdle, past participle fallen at the final hurdle)

  1. Synonym of fall at the last hurdle.
    • On the other hand, Crossrail fell at its final hurdle, admitting just months before its planned December 2018 opening that it was nowhere near ready.2020 January 2, Philip Haigh, “Ten Eventful Years and Plenty of Talking Points”, in Rail, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire: Bauer Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 54

Synonyms of fall at the final hurdle

Forms of fall at the final hurdle

third-person singular presentfalls at the final hurdle
present participlefalling at the final hurdle
pastfell at the final hurdle
past participlefallen at the final hurdle

Origin of fall at the final hurdle

See fall at the last hurdle.

Words that rhyme with fall at the final hurdle

Questions about fall at the final hurdle

What does fall at the final hurdle mean?
Fall at the final hurdle means synonym of fall at the last hurdle.
What part of speech is fall at the final hurdle?
Fall at the final hurdle is a verb.
How do you pronounce fall at the final hurdle?
Fall at the final hurdle is pronounced /ˈfɔːl æt ðə ˌfaɪnl̩ ˈhɜːdl̩/ (UK).
What is the past tense of fall at the final hurdle?
The past tense of fall at the final hurdle is fell at the final hurdle.

Words near fall at the final hurdle in the dictionary

  1. fall around
  2. fall asleep
  3. fall asleep in the Lord
  4. Fall aster
  5. Fall asters
  6. fall at the final hurdle
  7. fall at the last hurdle
  8. fall away
  9. fall back
  10. fall back into
  11. fall back on

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