fall short Synonyms

fall flat on your face be frustrated be defeated be ruined hit the skids miss the mark go down like a lead balloon go pear-shaped go belly-up go awry go astray be in vain not come up to scratch end in disappointment be found deficient come to a bad end be found lacking turn out badly be a failure suffer defeat not succeed meet with disaster lack success go amiss fizzle out misfire come short go wrong backfire break down go down miscarry fall fail collapse fall flat fall through fall flat on one's face fall down fall by the wayside go up in smoke come unstuck come to nothing come to naught come to grief come a cropper bite the dust abort