Definitions for fall through
fall through

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fall through, fall flat, founder, flopverb

   fail utterly; collapse

   "The project foundered"

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1. fall throughverb

   To be unsuccessful, abort, come to nothing/naught; to be cancelled; not to proceed.

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1. fall through

   "Fall through" is a phrase used primarily in two different contexts: 1. In programming, "fall through" refers to the process in a switch statement where the control is transferred to the subsequent case statements or default statement, if the earlier conditions or case statements are not met or if there are no break statements. 2. In general language or business context, "fall through" refers to the failure of plans, deals, or arrangements. It means an anticipated event or action fails to happen or does not complete successfully. For example, "The deal fell through at the last minute."

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1. fall through

   (n. fallthrough, var.: fall-through) 1. To exit a loop by exhaustion, i.e., by having fulfilled its exit condition rather than via a break or exception condition that exits from the middle of it. This usage appears to be really old, dating from the 1940s and 1950s. 2. To fail a test that would have passed control to a subroutine or some other distant portion of code. 3. In C, ‘fall-through’ occurs when the flow of execution in a switch statement reaches a case label other than by jumping there from the switch header, passing a point where one would normally expect to find a break. A trivial example: switch (color) { case GREEN:    do_green();    break; case PINK:    do_pink();    /* FALL THROUGH */ case RED:    do_red();    break; default:    do_blue();    break; } The variant spelling /* FALL THRU */ is also common.The effect of the above code is to do_green() when color is GREEN, do_red() when color is RED, do_blue() on any other color other than PINK, and (and this is the important part) do_pink() and then do_red() when color is PINK. Fall-through is considered harmful by some, though there are contexts (such as the coding of state machines) in which it is natural; it is generally considered good practice to include a comment highlighting the fall-through where one would normally expect a break. See also Duff's device.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of fall through in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of fall through in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of fall through in a Sentence

1. Krystal Leger-Walker:

   It feels great to get shots up and see the ball fall through the hoop.

2. Jason Kander:

   I was really impressed by everything that Veterans Community Project does and found Veterans Community Project inspiring, long term, we want to end veteran homelessness nationwide and make sure no veterans fall through the cracks.

3. Colette Auerswald:

   We need to focus on having an appropriate safety net for kids who do fall through the cracks because of poverty or abuse, the kinds of solutions that these children, adolescents and young adults need are not adult solutions.

4. Tom Martin:

   This deal is so not even there...there's a good reason it could fall through altogether, both sides want to reassure the markets but at the base level, if they still don't agree on tariffs and other issues, its just not going to go through.

5. Lina Alathari:

   I think where we see the challenges is really in terms of equipping communities with resources and also having programs in place that ensures that information doesn’t fall through the cracks.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Fall_Through
3. ^ ChatGPT
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4. ^ The New Hacker's Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3008/3008-h/3008-h.htm#FallThrough