Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fell short

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.73 in modern English

Syllables
fel-l short
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past of fall short

Questions

What does fell short mean?
simple past of fall short

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