fall through

phrasal verb

fell through; fallen through; falling through; falls through

: to fail or stop in a sudden or final way

Contract negotiations have fallen through.

Our vacation plans have fallen through.

Examples of fall through in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Others concentrate on vulnerable populations falling through cracks in urban hubs. —

CBS News, 30 May 2024 There were attempts to revitalize the stadium in 2018, but those efforts fell through in 2020. —

Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 May 2024 The new Federal Aviation Administration authorization has a lot of wonky stuff, but some interesting nuggets have fallen through the cracks. —

Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 22 May 2024 Buyers are alerted early in the process that insurance should not be an afterthought, and fewer deals fall through the cracks because of insurance issues. —

Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 14 May 2024 There’s something there worth exploring — another classic case of a solid player falling through the cracks. —

Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 11 May 2024 We were actually supposed to go in January, but that fell through. —

Joelle Goldstein, Peoplemag, 10 May 2024 The film will be able to rent/own on all digital HD internet, cable and satellite platforms, as well as on DVD, this fall through Freestyle Digital Media, the digital film distribution division of the Allen Media Group. —

Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 May 2024 The film will be available to rent or own on all digital HD internet, cable and satellite platforms, as well as on DVD, this fall through Freestyle Digital Media. —

Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 17 May 2024

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