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Meanings of fall short in English

Fail to meet (expectations or standards)

Usage of fall short in English
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Without these changes, dementia care is likely to continue to fall short.
Pubmed
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Existing approaches for targeting individual neurons, however, fall short of these requirements.
Pubmed
3
If we fall short, we fall short, if we don't then great.
The South African
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It probably did not fall short of 50 in killed and wounded.
From Yauco to Las Marias / A recent campaign in Puerto Rico by t...
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With 42 percent the two parties would fall short of a majority.
Reuters
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Manufacturing, retail, wholesale, motor trade and building all fall short of this.
The South African
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It is widely recognised that rehabilitation places fall short of the demand.
The Irish Times
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Even when our endeavours and attitudes are well meant we fall short.
The Guardian
9
The deaths usually fall short of the births by about four thousand.
Paris: With Pen and Pencil / Its People and Literature, Its Life...
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Stoke carved out numerous chances only to fall short with their finishing.
The Guardian
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It is only human to fall short of this now and then.
The Guardian
12
Where they fall short, they can be inspected by Ofsted and exposed.
The Guardian
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His heart lurched as he realized in mid-leap that he'd fall short.
Stonewielder
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So the curs got a glimpse of glory, only to fall short.
Darkness unleashed
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His eagerness to learn will never fall short of your's to teach.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 330, April 1843
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Wherein I fall short of your expectation, I fail for truth's sake.
Spiritual Reformers in the 16th & 17th Centuries
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South Africa
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Ireland
Common
New Zealand
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