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.

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This summer, Secret Bay announced the groundbreaking for six cliffside villas that will go on sale this fall through Sotheby’s International Realty and bring the resort’s total number of villas to 42. Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 10 Aug. 2026 Among the discoveries are an ATV that fell through the ice around 2018 and a snowmobile that appears to date back to the 1990s. Spencer Wilson, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026 However, there have been multiple instances where this harmful content falls through the cracks. Moises Mendez Ii, USA Today, 6 Aug. 2026 The expansion that fell through was picked up next door by a rival hyperscaler within weeks. Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for fall through

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“Fall through.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fall%20through. Accessed 13 Aug. 2026.

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