fall short Synonyms

fall flat on your face 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 go amiss be frustrated 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 fizzle out fall flat on one's face grind to a halt go wrong backfire break down go down poor miscarry fall fail collapse come short misfire fall flat 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 fall through abort