fall through

verb

fell through; fallen through; falling through; falls through

: to fail or stop in a sudden or final way

Contract negotiations have fallen through.

Our vacation plans have fallen through.

Examples of fall through in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The plot ultimately fell through as the contact was a confidential human source working with the FBI, often considered civilian informants. — Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 11 Nov. 2026

Speeding the process up only increases the risk of innocent people falling through the cracks and that moral tragedy will be on us. — Rafael Perez, Oc Register, 11 Nov. 2026

In 2024, the council approved the $5,000 sale of the mansion to a Kingsville businessman who planned to turn it into a bed-and-breakfast and event space, but the sale fell through months later. — Natalie Jones, Baltimore Sun, 10 Nov. 2026

Approaches that depend on healthy ecosystems can fall through the cracks because no single agency takes responsibility. — Manuel Pulgar-Vidal, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Nov. 2026

Rhymes for fall through

• accrue
• ado
• ainu
• aircrew
• airscrew
• anew
• askew
• baboo
• babu
• bamboo
• beaucoup
• bijou