fall short (English, verb)
expansion: fall short (third-person singular simple present falls short, present participle falling short, simple past fell short, past participle fallen short)
Senses:
glosses: To be less satisfactory than expected; to be inadequate or insufficient.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: falls short
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: falling short
tags: participle
present
form: fell short
tags: past
form: fallen short
tags: participle
past