Fall+short

  • 21fall short of — verb fail to satisfy, as of expectations, for example (Freq. 3) • Ant: ↑satisfy • Verb Frames: Something s something * * * FAIL TO MEET, fail to reach, fail to live up to; be deficient, be inadequate, be insufficient, be wanting, be lacking,… …

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  • 22fall short — verb to be less satisfactory than expected; to be inadequate or insufficient But if being is not a whole through being affected by that affection, and there is such a thing as the whole itself, if follows that being falls short of itself …

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  • 23fall short — not able to do as well as planned    I m falling short of my career goals because I ve been ill …

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  • 24fall short — not be as good as you expected, not succeed The new movie fell short of everyone s expectations and attendance is very low …

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  • 25fall short of — the results fell short of what was expected Syn: fail to meet, fail to reach, fail to live up to …

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  • 26To fall short — Fall Fall (f[add]l), v. i. [imp. {Fell} (f[e^]l); p. p. {Fallen} (f[add]l n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Falling}.] [AS. feallan; akin to D. vallen, OS. & OHG. fallan, G. fallen, Icel. Falla, Sw. falla, Dan. falde, Lith. pulti, L. fallere to deceive, Gr.… …

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  • 27To fall short — Short Short, a. [Compar. {Shorter}; superl. {Shortest}.] [OE. short, schort, AS. scort, sceort; akin to OHG. scurz, Icel. skorta to be short of, to lack, and perhaps to E. shear, v. t. Cf. {Shirt}.] 1. Not long; having brief length or linear… …

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  • 28fall short of one's expectations — not be as good as you expected, not succeed The new movie fell short of everyone s expectations and attendance is very low …

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  • 29fall short — phrasal 1. to be deficient 2. to fail to attain something (as a goal or target) …

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  • 30fall short — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. fail, be deficient, be lacking; see fail 1 , need …

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