fall through

as inmiscarry

as infail
as infounder

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Word Origin & History

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.

Example Sentences for fall through

The detached seed will then fall through a grid provided for the purpose.

There were holes in this metal basket for the cinders to fall through.

These stone floors are too thick for anyone to fall through.

But he'll fall through some day for all that, I shouldn't wonder.

Heaven and Earth had warned him that he too should fall through his children.

Having been attracted to the trap they fall through the roof and are speared in the hole.

I do not half like the state of things, and this conjuration about the bees may all fall through.

Unhappily for him, however, he did not fall through completely.

It would be a pity for the whole scheme to fall through for lack of brains.

Some fall through loving too much, others through loving not at all.

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