fall at the last hurdle (English, verb)
expansion: fall at the last hurdle (third-person singular simple present falls at the last hurdle, present participle falling at the last hurdle, simple past fell at the last hurdle, past participle fallen at the last hurdle)
Senses:
glosses: To fail near the end of an activity, a project, etc.
tags: idiomatic
intransitive
Forms:
form: falls at the last hurdle
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: falling at the last hurdle
tags: participle
present
form: fell at the last hurdle
tags: past
form: fallen at the last hurdle
tags: participle
past