💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Fall at the last hurdle"
Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| fall at the final hurdleverb | Synonym of fall at the last hurdle. |
| fall down onverb | To stumble or unintentionally descend and land on |
| unlastverb | (intransitive) To fail to last. |
| fail ofverb | (obsolete) To come short of accomplishing (a purpose); to fail to do. |
| fall throughverb | (intransitive, idiomatic) To be unsuccessful, come to nothing; to be cancelled; not to proceed. |
| fall by the waysideverb | (idiomatic) To fail to be completed, particularly for lack of interest; to be left out, to suffer from neglect. |
| fall downverb | (intransitive) To fall to the ground. To collapse. |
| come up shortverb | Synonym of fall short. |
| missnoun | A failure to obtain or accomplish something; a failure to succeed. |
| run outverb | (intransitive, transitive, idiomatic) To use up or consume all [with of ‘something’ (optional)] |
| fall on one's faceverb | (idiomatic) To fail, especially in a dramatic or particularly decisive manner. |
| fall oververb | (intransitive, idiomatic) To fall from an upright or standing position to a horizontal or prone position. |
| fail at lifeverb | (Internet slang) To be or become trapped in poverty, or in a situation where one is not doing anything productive with one's life; to become a loser. |
| failverb | (intransitive) To be unsuccessful. |
| fall backverb | To retreat. |
| finishnoun | An end; the end of anything. |
| flat outnoun | Complete, total, downright. |
| fall inverb | To come to an end; to terminate; to lapse. |
| cough upverb | (idiomatic, transitive, informal) To reluctantly or unwillingly give. |
| close | Having little difference or distance in place, position, or abstractly; see also close to. |
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