Synonyms for fall short
fall short

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1. fall short

   Synonyms:
   be defeated, come short, fail, lose, miscarry, miss

   Antonyms:
   achieve, attain, flourish, prevail, prosper, succeed, thrive, win

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1. fall short, come shortverb

   fail to meet (expectations or standards)

   Synonyms:
   come short

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1. • Disappoint

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1. fall short

   Synonyms:
   fail, be deficient

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1. fall short

   Synonyms:
   be deficient, be inadequate

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1. Chris Long:

   This is fear of a diminished bottom line. It’s also fear of a president turning his base against a corporation. This is not patriotism. Don’t get it confused. These owners don’t love American more than the players demonstrating and taking real action to improve it. It also lets you, the fan, know where our league stands, i will continue to be committed to affecting change with my platform. I’m someone who’s always looked at the anthem as a declaration of ideals, including the right to peaceful protest. Our league continues to fall short on the issue.

2. Pittsburgh Steelers:

   For my involvement last week, theres no acceptable excuse, the bottom line is I shouldve done a better job keeping my composure in that situation and [not] fall short of what I believe it means to be a Pittsburgh Steeler and a member of the NFL.

3. Confucius:

   To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short.

4. Anthony Fauci:

   When goals are set, they're set to be able to stimulate us to get to that goal, if you don't meet the precise goal and you fall short by a few percent, that doesn't mean you stop in your effort to get people vaccinated, we have always held that July 4 is not the end of it. We want to reach 70% of the adult population by the Fourth of July. I believe we can, I hope we will and if we don't, we're going to continue to keep pushing.

5. Ronit Lupu:

   On completion of the excavations at Shu?fat, it is quite evident that there was a thriving settlement in the Jerusalem area in ancient times. Thousands of years later, the buildings uncovered are of a standard that would not fall short of Jerusalem’s architecture, this discovery represents a highly significant addition to our research of the city and the vicinity. Apart from the pottery, the fascinating flint finds attest to the livelihood of the local population in prehistoric times: Small sickle blades for harvesting cereal crops, chisels and polished axes for building, borers and awls, and even a bead made of carnelian (a gemstone), indicating that jewelry was either made or imported.