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falls at the last hurdle

falls at the last hurdle is the third-person singular simple present indicative of fall at the last hurdle.

Meaning of fall at the last hurdle

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To fail near the end of an activity, a project, etc.
    • [W]hen she [Psyche] falls at her last hurdle, it is through her own act, motivated by the identical combination of curiositas and simplicitas that has been her undoing from the start.[1990, E[dward] J[ohn] Kenney, “Introduction”, in Apuleius, edited by E. J. Kenney, Cupid & Psyche (Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics; Imperial Library), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire; New York, N.Y....
    Synonyms:
    fall at the final hurdle, fall at the last

Questions about falls at the last hurdle

What is falls at the last hurdle the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Falls at the last hurdle is the third-person singular simple present indicative of fall at the last hurdle.

Words near falls at the last hurdle in the dictionary

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

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