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fall through

fall through verb: used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fall, through.

Verb

fall through (third-person singular simple present falls through, present participle falling through, simple past fell through, past participle fallen through)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fall, through.
  2. (idiomatic, intransitive) To be unsuccessful, come to nothing; to be cancelled; not to proceed.
    • Their plans to go hiking Saturday fell through because it rained.
    • Lynton & Barnstaple Railway revivalists have unexpectedly been given a second chance to purchase the station, after the original sale deal fell through.2020 July 1, Howard Johnston, “Regional News: Western: Bratton Fleming”, in Rail, page 24

fall through meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam

fall through in Tamil

to fall through, become mushed, die away
நசுங்கு nacuṅku

fall through in Urdu

بےنتیجہ رہنا, ناکام رہنا

fall through in Malayalam

be unsuccessful, fail, come to nothing
തകർന്നടിയുക, വിഫലമാകുക, പരാജയപ്പെടുക, വിജയിക്കാതിരിക്കുക, തോൽവിയടയുക, ഒന്നുമൊന്നും ആകാതെ പോകുക

Forms of fall through

third-person singular presentfalls through
present participlefalling through
pastfell through
past participlefallen through

Words formed from fall through

Questions about fall through

What does fall through mean?
Fall through means used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fall, through.
What is fall through in Tamil?
Fall through in Tamil is நசுங்கு (nacuṅku). See Fall through meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is fall through?
Fall through is a verb.
What is the past tense of fall through?
The past tense of fall through is fell through.

Words near fall through in the dictionary

  1. fall silent
  2. fall streak
  3. fall streaks
  4. fall supper
  5. fall suppers
  6. fall through
  7. fall through the cracks
  8. fall time
  9. fall times
  10. fall to
  11. fall to bits

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: fall through (page history and authors); நசுங்கு (Tamil) (page history and authors); fall through (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); fall through (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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