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Princeton's WordNet

  1. fall through, fall flat, founder, flopverb

    fail utterly; collapse

    "The project foundered"

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  1. fall throughverb

    To be unsuccessful, abort, come to nothing/naught; to be cancelled; not to proceed.

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  1. fall through

    "Fall through" is a phrase used primarily in two different contexts: 1. In programming, "fall through" refers to the process in a switch statement where the control is transferred to the subsequent case statements or default statement, if the earlier conditions or case statements are not met or if there are no break statements. 2. In general language or business context, "fall through" refers to the failure of plans, deals, or arrangements. It means an anticipated event or action fails to happen or does not complete successfully. For example, "The deal fell through at the last minute."

The New Hacker's Dictionary

  1. fall through

    (n. fallthrough, var.: fall-through) 1. To exit a loop by exhaustion, i.e., by having fulfilled its exit condition rather than via a break or exception condition that exits from the middle of it. This usage appears to be really old, dating from the 1940s and 1950s. 2. To fail a test that would have passed control to a subroutine or some other distant portion of code. 3. In C, ‘fall-through’ occurs when the flow of execution in a switch statement reaches a case label other than by jumping there from the switch header, passing a point where one would normally expect to find a break. A trivial example: switch (color) { case GREEN:    do_green();    break; case PINK:    do_pink();    /* FALL THROUGH */ case RED:    do_red();    break; default:    do_blue();    break; } The variant spelling /* FALL THRU */ is also common.The effect of the above code is to do_green() when color is GREEN, do_red() when color is RED, do_blue() on any other color other than PINK, and (and this is the important part) do_pink() and then do_red() when color is PINK. Fall-through is considered harmful by some, though there are contexts (such as the coding of state machines) in which it is natural; it is generally considered good practice to include a comment highlighting the fall-through where one would normally expect a break. See also Duff's device.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of fall through in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of fall through in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of fall through in a Sentence

  1. Howard Finkelstein:

    This kid didn’t have to fall through the cracks. He screamed for help, and we failed him, he should never go free. Let him plead guilty and send him to prison for life.

  2. Sandra Hutchens:

    SB 54 makes local law enforcement’s job more difficult and requires bureaucratic processes that could allow dangerous individuals to fall through the cracks of our justice system.

  3. James Oberg:

    These research results are dedicated to the legions of unsung and often anonymous worldwide chroniclers of UFO reports and other anomalous observations which so often fall through the cracks of scientific attention.

  4. Brian Kilmeade:

    If something is 90 percent successful its going to be a failure. If the 10 percent causes some sort of outbreak among the participants and also if theres a public perception that somehow sports is getting preferential treatment when other people within society need it as much or more thats a public relations nightmare. I think that baseball faces a different circumstance because even playing half-a-season involves so many more games. What basketball and hockey are looking at, if theyre able, is some kind of playoff thing that starts right away. Just start the playoffs based on where the regular season left off and get it over with. Major League Baseball, to have any kind of valid season leading into the playoffs, have to play 80 games or so. JIM GRAY SAYS HES BUYING STOCK IN BRADY-GRONK BUCS, MLB NEUTRAL SITE PLAN NOT REALISTIC AT ALL Costas said that for baseball to have that type of season, its going to involve a lot more than just quarantining 750 players, their families, managers and more. A plan would have to include the people whodont get the backpage headlines. Not only would you have to quarantine them and the umpires and other officials, but what about the guy who picks up the towels in the locker room ? What about the guy who drives the bus or turns on the lights at the stadium even without fans ? Theres a lot of pitfalls here. People are going to get hurt and go on the injured list. What about Triple-A ? Theyre not playing minor league baseball. Whatre you gon na do ? You gon na quarantine 10 or 12 guys per team just in case somebody is hurt ? Theres a lot of things that can fall through the cracks here even with the best intentions and the best practices, he said. Costas also pondered how fans would be able to return to the ballparks and what social-distancing measures would be taken to keep fans from doing normal things. RED SOX CEO BELIEVES ALEX CORA WILL MANAGE AGAIN EVEN AFTER CHEATING-SCANDAL SUSPENSION [ A ] 90 or 95 percent is a good grade on most tests, it wouldnt be the right grade on this test, and think about it. Lets say you have 10,000 fans at the game and theyre socially distancing the seats, how are you gon na get them through the turnstiles in a socially distanced way and still start the game on time ?

  5. Liz San Millan:

    There was a loud noise ... I turn around and all of a sudden, my moms leg is through the ceiling, my dad said, Did you just fall through the ceiling? and [my mom] said, Youre not going to ask if Im OK? She was a little sassy about it, actually.


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