'fall short' definitions:
Definition of 'fall short'
From: WordNet
verb
Fail to meet (expectations or standards) [syn: fall short, come short]
Synonyms of 'fall short'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- be disappointing,
- be found wanting,
- be inferior,
- be insufficient,
- collapse,
- come short,
- crash,
- decline,
- fail,
- fail of,
- fall,
- fall away,
- fall dead,
- fall down,
- fall flat,
- fall in,
- fall shy,
- fall stillborn,
- fall through,
- fizzle,
- fizzle out,
- follow,
- go to smash,
- go wrong,
- have nothing on,
- kick the beam,
- lack,
- lag,
- lose ground,
- miss,
- miss out,
- miss the mark,
- not answer,
- not approach,
- not bear inspection,
- not come near,
- not compare,
- not hack it,
- not make it,
- not make out,
- not measure up,
- not pass muster,
- not qualify,
- not stretch,
- not suffice,
- peter out,
- play second fiddle,
- rank under,
- run short,
- serve,
- slump,
- stop short,
- subserve,
- turn sour,
- want