Antonyms for fall through


Grammar : Verb
Spell : fawl
Phonetic Transcription : fɔl


Definition of fall through

Origin :
  • Old English feallan (class VII strong verb; past tense feoll, past participle feallen) "to fall; fail, decay, die," from Proto-Germanic *fallanan (cf. Old Frisian falla, Old Saxon fallan, Dutch vallen, Old Norse falla, Old High German fallan, German fallen), from PIE root *pol- "to fall" (cf. Armenian p'ul "downfall," Lithuanian puola "to fall," Old Prussian aupallai "finds," literally "falls upon").
  • Most of the figurative senses had developed in Middle English. Meaning "to be reduced" (as temperature) is from 1650s. To fall in love is attested from 1520s; to fall asleep is late 14c. Fall through "come to naught" is from 1781. To fall for something is from 1903.
  • As in miscarry : verb fail to attain goal
  • As in fail : verb be unsuccessful
  • As in founder : verb go under, fail
Example sentences :
  • The detached seed will then fall through a grid provided for the purpose.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Cotton Plant » by Frederick Wilkinson
  • There were holes in this metal basket for the cinders to fall through.
  • Extract from : « Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States » by Various
  • These stone floors are too thick for anyone to fall through.
  • Extract from : « The Pony Rider Boys in Texas » by Frank Gee Patchin
  • But he'll fall through some day for all that, I shouldn't wonder.
  • Extract from : « April's Lady » by Margaret Wolfe Hungerford
  • Heaven and Earth had warned him that he too should fall through his children.
  • Extract from : « Myth, Ritual, and Religion, Vol. 1 » by Andrew Lang
  • Having been attracted to the trap they fall through the roof and are speared in the hole.
  • Extract from : « The Central Eskimo » by Franz Boas
  • I do not half like the state of things, and this conjuration about the bees may all fall through.
  • Extract from : « Oak Openings » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • Unhappily for him, however, he did not fall through completely.
  • Extract from : « Red Fox » by Charles G. D. Roberts
  • It would be a pity for the whole scheme to fall through for lack of brains.
  • Extract from : « The Seven Darlings » by Gouverneur Morris
  • Some fall through loving too much, others through loving not at all.
  • Extract from : « Not Guilty » by Robert Blatchford

Synonyms for fall through

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