FALL SHORT

Meaning of FALL SHORT in English

v. To fail to reach (some aim); not succeed. His jump fell three inches short of the world record. The movie fell short of expectations.

Antonym: MEASURE UP.

American idioms English vocabulary. Английский словарь американских идиом. 2012

FALL SHORT — phrasal to be deficient, to fail to attain something (as a goal or target)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
FALL SHORT — phrasal 1. : to become or be deficient the expedition's supplies began to fall short 2. : to fail to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FALL SHORT — fail to reach a certain amount or standard, fail to attain something, be insufficient
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
FALL SHORT — 1. : to be deficient 2. : to fail to attain something (as a goal or target)
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FALL SHORT — 1 : to be deficient 2 : to fail to attain something (as a goal or target)
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
FALL SHORT — see short
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FALL SHORT — see short
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
FALL SHORT — Synonyms and related words : be disappointing, be found wanting, be inferior, be insufficient, collapse, come short, crash, decline, fail, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
FALL SHORT — {v.} To fail to reach (some aim); not succeed. * /His jump fell three inches short of the world record./ …
Slang English vocab
FALL SHORT — Fail, be deficient.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
FALL SHORT — v. ( D ; intr. ) to ~ of (they fell short of their goal)
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
FALL SHORT — {v.} To fail to reach (some aim); not succeed. * /His jump fell three inches short of the world record./ …
Словарь английских идиом
FALL SHORT — not able to do as well as planned I'm falling short of my career goals because I've been ill.
English Idioms vocab
FALL SHORT — not able to do as well as planned I'm falling short of my career goals because I've been ill.
English Idioms vocabulary
FALL SHORT — 1) не хватать, иметь недостаток в чем-л. (of smth.) 2) уступать в чем-л. (of smth.) 3) не достигнуть цели (of …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FALL SHORT — а> не хватать, иметь недостаток в чем-л. (of smth.); б> уступать в чем-л. (of smth.); в> не достигнуть цели (of …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FALL SHORT — не достигать
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
FALL SHORT — см. come short (fall short of smth.)
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
FALL SHORT — не хватать, не долетать до цели
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
FALL SHORT — не хватать, не долетать до цели
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
FALL SHORT — см. come short
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
FALL SHORT — см. come short
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
FALL SHORT — а> не хватать, иметь недостаток в чем-л. (of smth.); б> уступать в чем-л. (of smth.); в> не достигнуть цели (of …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
FALL SHORT — а. не хватать, иметь недостаток в чем-л. (of smth.); б. уступать в чем-л. (of smth.); в. не достигнуть цели (of …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
FALL SHORT — (come short of smth.) не хватать, не соответствовать (чему-л.), оказываться недостаточным (для чего-л.)
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
FALL SHORT — 1) не хватать, не достигать 2) терпеть неудачу
Англо-Русский словарь по экономике
FALL SHORT — недоставать, делаться дефицитным
Англо-Русский словарь по экономике и финансам
FALL SHORT — не хватать, не достигать
Англо-Русский экономический словарь
FALL SHORT — 1) не хватать, иметь недостаток в чем-л. (of smth.) 2) уступать в чем-л. (of smth.) 3) не достигнуть цели (of …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
FALL SHORT — не хватать [-тить], кончаться [кончиться]
Англо-Русский словарь
SHORT — I. ˈshȯ(ə)r]t, -ȯ(ə)], usu ]d.+V\ adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English short, shert, from Old English scort, sceort; akin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FALL — I. ˈfȯl verb ( fell ˈfel ; fall·en ˈfȯlən also in poetry & sometimes +V in prose -ln ; also …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SHORT — — shortness , n. /shawrt/ , adj., shorter, shortest , adv., n., v. adj. 1. having little length; not long. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FALL — /fawl/ , v. , fell, fallen, falling , n. v.i. 1. to drop or descend under the force of gravity, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SHORT — I. ˈshȯrt adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English sceort; akin to Old High German scurz short, Old Norse skortr …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FALL — I. ˈfȯl verb ( fell ˈfel ; fall·en ˈfȯ-lən ; fall·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English feallan; akin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SHORT — noun a summary account. 2. short ·noun short, inferior hemp. 3. short ·noun breeches; shortclothes. 4. short ·noun a short …
Webster English vocab
FALL
Webster English vocab
SHORT — [short] adj [ME, fr. OE sceort; akin to OHG scurz short, ON skortr lack] (bef. 12c) 1 a: having little …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FALL — [fall] vb fell ; fall.en ; fall.ing [ME, fr. OE feallan; akin to OHG fallan to fall and perh. to …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SHORT — / ʃɔːt; NAmE ʃɔːrt/ adjective , adverb , noun , verb ■ adjective ( short·er , short·est ) LENGTH / …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FALL — / fɔːl; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( fell / fel; NAmE / fall·en / ˈfɔːlən; NAmE /) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHORT — I. short 1 S1 W1 /ʃɔːt $ ʃɔːrt/ BrE AmE adjective ( comparative shorter , superlative shortest ) [ Word …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FALL — I. fall 1 S1 W1 /fɔːl $ fɒːl/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense fell /fel/, past participle fallen /ˈfɔːlən …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SHORT — adj., adv., n., & v. --adj. 1 a measuring little; not long from end to end (a short distance). b …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FALL — v. & n. --v.intr. (past fell; past part. fallen) 1 a go or come down freely; descend rapidly from a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SHORT — adj., adv., n., & v. adj. 1 a measuring little; not long from end to end (a short distance). b …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FALL — v. & n. v.intr. (past fell; past part. fallen) 1 a go or come down freely; descend rapidly from a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SHORT — adj., adv., n., & v. --adj. 1. a measuring little; not long from end to end (a short distance). b …
Oxford English vocab
FALL — v. & n. --v.intr. (past fell; past part. fallen) 1. a go or come down freely; descend rapidly from a …
Oxford English vocab
SHORT — I. ADJECTIVE AND ADVERB USES /ʃɔ:(r)t/ ( shorter, shortest) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FALL — ( falls, falling, fell, fallen) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
FALL — Synonyms and related words : Niagara, Scotch mist, Waterloo, abate, abatement, ablate, accept, apostasy, ascend, assail, assault, associate with, attack, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SHORT — INDEX: short/not long 1. short in length or distance 2. when something you say or write is short 3. to …
Longman Activator English vocab
FALL — INDEX: 1. when someone accidentally falls from a standing position 2. to almost fall from a standing position 3. when …
Longman Activator English vocab
SHORT — n. 25B6; adjective a short piece of string : SMALL, little, tiny; informal teeny. short people : SMALL, little, petite, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
FALL — n. 25B6; verb bombs began to fall : DROP, descend, come down, go down; plummet, plunge, sink, dive, tumble; cascade. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SHORT — adj. 1 small, little, slight, petite, diminutive, wee, tiny, elfin, minuscule; midget, dwarfish, squat, dumpy, runty, stubby, stunted, Colloq pint-sized, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
FALL — v. 1 descend, sink, subside, settle, drop or come (down), plummet, plunge, dive, (take a) nosedive; cascade The bucket fell …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
SHORT — 1. прил. 1) а) короткий, недлинный short legs ≈ короткие ноги a short road ≈ недлинный путь short way off …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FALL
Большой Англо-Русский словарь

American Idioms English vocabulary

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