FALL SHORT OF

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fall short of mean? 

• FALL SHORT OF (verb)
  The verb FALL SHORT OF has 1 sense:

1. fail to satisfy, as of expectations, for example

  Familiarity information: FALL SHORT OF used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FALL SHORT OF (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fail to satisfy, as of expectations, for example

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Antonym:

satisfy (meet the requirements or expectations of)

 Context examples 

An award to provide limited support to scientists whose research applications fall short of the institute/center funding cutoff but are at the margin of funding in which high quality grants are not awarded due to lack of funds.

(James A. Shannon Director's Award, NCI Thesaurus)