fall through

1. 1.

   fail utterly; collapse

   “The project foundered”

   Synonymsfall flatfounderflop

   Broaderfail

Questions about fall through

What does fall through mean?

fall through means "fail utterly; collapse".

What is another word for fall through?

Close synonyms include fall flat, founder, flop. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.