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fell through

fell through is the simple past of fall through.

Meaning of 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.

Questions about fell through

What is fell through the simple past of?
Fell through is the simple past of fall through.

Words near fell through in the dictionary

  1. fell short
  2. fell sick
  3. fell silent
  4. fell stitch
  5. fell stitches
  6. fell through
  7. fell through the cracks
  8. fell to
  9. fell to one's knees
  10. fell to pieces
  11. fell to the ground

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