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Fall Short of (To)

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To be deficient of a supply. This is the Latin excĭdo, to fail. To fall short of the mark is a figure taken from archery, quoits, etc., where the missile falls to the ground before reaching the mark.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Fall Sick (To)
Fall Through (To)
Fall to (To)
Fall Under (To)
Fall Upon (To)
Fall in With (To)
Fall into a Snare (To)
Fall of Man (The)
Fall of the Drop (The)
Fall Out of (To)
Fall Short of (To)
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Fall Upon One’s Feet (To)
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Fallow Land
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