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. Barack Obama:

   You're always going to fall short, because if you're hitting your marks, that means you didn't set them high enough, we don't score a touchdown every time, but we move the ball forward.

2. Rich Hill -LRB- 6-8 -RRB-:

   I put that on myself with the walks, i don’t think that that puts us in a very good position. So, I’m just going to point the finger at myself and I think that’s what I will do every single time I fail. It’s not trying to look in another direction. You’ve got to look at yourself in the mirror and find out, hey, where did we fall short and how can we improve? That’s across the board.

3. Bill Gates:

   I always think, how could I have gotten the message out in a stronger way ? Where did I fall short ? only 5 % of what should have been done was done.

4. Su Tseng-chang:

   This might fall short of expectations, but after all it's a start.

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.