FALL THROUGH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fall through mean? 

• FALL THROUGH (verb)
  The verb FALL THROUGH has 1 sense:

1. fail utterly; collapse

  Familiarity information: FALL THROUGH used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FALL THROUGH (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fail utterly; collapse

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

fall flat; fall through; flop; founder

Context example:

The project foundered

Hypernyms (to "fall through" is one way to...):

fail; go wrong; miscarry (be unsuccessful)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sentence example:

The business is going to fall through

 Context examples 

And so we remained till the red of the dawn to fall through the snow-gloom.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

A lot of jobs seem to be about to flow to you, so you will need a system, lest important details fall through the cracks.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

The more complex molecules continue to combine and grow until they become small particles; volatile gases condense and coat their surfaces with ice frost before they have time to fall through the atmosphere to the surface, where they add to Pluto’s red coloring.

(New Horizons Finds Blue Skies and Water Ice on Pluto, NASA)