fall through

phrasal 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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Teresa Gonzales, 66, fell through a hole in the street in Dallas on Oct. 22, according to a lawsuit obtained by USA TODAY. —

Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024 Meanwhile, Trump has asked DeSantis himself about the possibility of accepting a nomination to be Defense secretary, should Pete Hegseth’s nomination fall through. —

Julia Manchester, The Hill, 11 Dec. 2024 That project fell through, but the couple continued informally floating relatively dense developments for the farm. —

Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 10 Dec. 2024 Investigators learned the boy had fallen through the ice while trying to walk across the pond to a nearby lake house. —

David Matthews, New York Daily News, 9 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for fall through