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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The Knockouts tournament run suggested TNA was finally building toward something with her, but even that fell through. — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2026 Since then, various plans for converting it into an industrial park have fallen through, and at one point a company was proposing a large-scale cement processing facility. — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 3 Aug. 2026 Attendants at the airline, which has a domestic market share of 30%, had gone on strike on Sunday after talks fell through. — Reuters, NBC news, 3 Aug. 2026 West Ham said in June, following relegation to the Championship, that Czech billionaire Kretinsky would become the majority shareholder by buying 16 per cent of the Gold family’s shares, but that arrangement fell through. — Leon Imber, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for fall through

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