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fell shortphrasepast tense of fall short to be unsuccessfulThe movie fell short of its viewers' expectations. bombed, collapsed, cratered, failed, flamed out, flopped, flunked, folded, foundered, missed, struck out, tanked, washed out floundered, struggleddeclined, sank(or sunk), skidded, slipped, slumped, wanedcrashed, crumbled, miscarried, misfiredwent underimploded, self-destructed came a cropper, came to grief, came up empty, died on the vine, fell flat, fell on one's face, laid an egg came off, clicked, delivered, panned out, succeeded, went, went over, worked out cooked, flourished, prospered, thrived(or throve)prevailed, triumphed, won to go wrongThe biography falls short by neglecting to explore the subject's faults as well as his virtues. miscarried, misfired missedbroke down, busted(also bust), conked (out), crashed, died, failed, foundered, stalledbombed, fizzled, flamed out, flopped, flunked, folded, washed outfloundered, struggleddeclined, skidded, slipped, slumped, tanked, waned came a cropper, came to grief, fell flat prevailed, succeededflourished, prospered, thrived(or throve) |