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fall·ing short

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of falling short in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of falling short in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of falling short in a Sentence

  1. Cory Booker:

    Make no mistake, this deal, while falling short of permanently eliminating Iran’s pathways to a nuclear weapon, succeeds in either delaying it or giving us the credible ability to detect significant cheating on their part and respond accordingly.

  2. Salvador Soriano:

    They need to find a way to give jobs to the young. The message that the economy is rebounding doesn't reach people, they promised a lot, but they're falling short.

  3. Salvador Soriano:

    They promised a lot, but they're falling short.

  4. Foundation Garrett Watson:

    ( I) f it ends up falling short, for any reason really, you do end up in a situation where you got to find alternative funding for the permanent spending, i think that's the big wildcard there from a longer-term deficit perspective.

  5. Michael Phelps:

    It’s just frustrating not setting Michael Phelps up like I should have, what I want most is to be racing the competition I need to be racing. I want to race Ryan and those guys. It’s frustrating falling short.

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    (law) the act of substituting of one creditor for another
    A couvade
    B brashness
    C subrogation
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