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fallen at the final hurdle

fallen at the final hurdle is the past participle of fall at the final hurdle.

Meaning of fall at the final 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

Questions about fallen at the final hurdle

What is fallen at the final hurdle the past participle of?
Fallen at the final hurdle is the past participle of fall at the final hurdle.

Words near fallen at the final hurdle in the dictionary

  1. fallen arch
  2. fallen arches
  3. fallen around
  4. fallen asleep
  5. fallen asleep in the Lord
  6. fallen at the final hurdle
  7. fallen at the last hurdle
  8. fallen away
  9. fallen back
  10. fallen back into
  11. fallen back on

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