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fell short
verb as in let down
verb as in lose
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verb as in misfire
verb as in miss
verb as in shrink
verb as in wane
verb as in miscarry
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Weak matches
- back wrong horse
- be defeated
- be demoted
- be found lacking
- be in vain
- be ruined
- break down
- come to naught
- come to nothing
- fall flat
- fall short
- go astray
- go down
- go down swinging
- go downhill
- go up in smoke
- go wrong
- hit bottom
- hit the skids
- lose control
- lose out
- lose status
- meet with disaster
- miss fire
- miss the boat
- miss the mark
- play into
- run aground
- turn out badly
verb as in fail
Strongest matches
Weak matches
- back wrong horse
- be defeated
- be demoted
- be found lacking
- be in vain
- be ruined
- come to naught
- come to nothing
- fall flat
- fall short
- fall through
- go astray
- go down
- go down swinging
- go downhill
- go up in smoke
- go wrong
- hit bottom
- hit the skids
- lose control
- lose out
- lose status
- meet with disaster
- miss the boat
- play into
- run aground
- turn out badly
verb as in flop
Strongest matches
Weak matches
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Example Sentences
But the accused do not merely allege that UMass fell short of following the standards of civil and criminal trials.
He fell short, losing by a margin of 63 percent to 37 percent.
He fell short, taking in less than half that amount, but his haul was enough to scare his primary opponent, Trey Grayson.
Steve Lonegan fell short in his bid to win the GOP nomination in a swing congressional district in South Jersey on Tuesday.
Ligety fell short and Miller pulled off a Triple Crown, winning bronze, silver, and gold.
A heavy shower of rain made it difficult to get the range, and every shell fell short.
At first the balls fell short, but as the British advanced, the enemy's shot told fearfully upon their ranks.
Hank dropped his hitching weight on the fellow's toes, and the knife-thrust fell short by some three feet.
However, from his position in the water, he could not make an accurate throw and the rope fell short.
The cross-bow bolts fell short: the clothyard arrows totally discomfited the Genoese, already worn out with a long hot march.
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On this page you'll find 375 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to fell short, such as: abandon, depress, disenchant, disillusion, dissatisfy, and fail.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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