fall short
Intermédiaire (B1) neutral
To not reach a goal or standard.
"Her essay fell short of the required word count."
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California gubernatorial candidate Matt Mahan calls out "waste and inefficiency in government"
CBS News · 0:46
Did you fall short or not?
The Biggest Mistakes in Personal Finance
Ben Felix · 4:48
fall short of what they really care
We’ve built a world for rats #LivingPlanet
DW Podcasts · 14:59
and why many of them fall short.
Newton’s three-body problem explained - Fabio Pacucci
TED-Ed · 1:17
our analytical tools fall short when faced with more populated systems.
This is Financial Advice
Folding Ideas · 12:28
or “fall short,” it is coincidentally appropriate that short plays tend towards