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fell at the final hurdle

fell at the final hurdle is the simple past 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 fell at the final hurdle

What is fell at the final hurdle the simple past of?
Fell at the final hurdle is the simple past of fall at the final hurdle.

Words near fell at the final hurdle in the dictionary

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

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