Come to grief
Fall short and come to grief are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Fall short" instead a verb phrase "Come to grief".
Fall short
Fall short verb - Fail to meet (expectations or standards).
Come to grief and fall short are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Come to grief" instead a verb phrase "Fall short".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- miss and come to grief
- miss and fall short
- fail and come to grief
- fail and fall short
- break down and come to grief
- break down and fall short
- bomb and come to grief
- bomb and fall short
- abort and come to grief
- abort and fall short
- fall and come to grief
- fall and fall short
- flop and come to grief
- flop and fall short
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