Thesaurus: synonyms and antonyms offall to piecesin English

fall to pieces

Thesaurus>to not work or happen as intended>fall to pieces

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TO NOT WORK OR HAPPEN AS INTENDED

The plan has potential, but unless we proceed carefully, it could fall to pieces.

Synonyms and examples

failWe tried our best, but ultimately the project failed.
fall apartThings were going smoothly until we hired him, and now everything is falling apart.
fall throughOur plans to visit fell through at the last minute.
crackinformalThe Liberal Party is cracking under the pressure of these allegations.
go belly upmainlyUSinformalI wanted to invest in his company, but it went belly up at the beginning of the year.
fall shortThe new camera promises excellent zoom capabilities, but it falls short.
fall between two stoolsThe book really fell between two stools: not short enough to appeal to casual readers, but not serious enough to draw in literary readers.
go down the panUKinformalI had high hopes for my club, but they've gone down the pan.
go pear-shapedUKinformalAll seemed to be on track, but then our plans went pear-shaped.
come to nothingAll those years of work, and for what? It's all come to nothing.
bite the dustDespite interest from investors, it's likely that the airline start-up will bite the dust.
come a cropperinformalThe team really came a cropper after trading their star forward.
go down the tubesinformalWithout a stimulus package, our economy's going to go down the tubes.
crash and burninformalOnce the goalie was injured, the team crashed and burned, losing 7-1.
flopHis debut film flopped at the box office.
bombmainlyUSinformalThe play absolutely bombed.

Antonym and example

succeed

The campaign succeeded, and he was re-elected.

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When something fails, itdoes not work or does not happen as intended. Thefact of being unsuccessfulis called failure. Failure is also used to describesomeone or something that is not successfulorthe fact of not doing something that you should.

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释义	Thesaurus: synonyms and antonyms offall to piecesin English fall to pieces Thesaurus>to not work or happen as intended>fall to pieces These are words and phrases related tofall to pieces. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or,go to the definition of fall to pieces. TO NOT WORK OR HAPPEN AS INTENDED The plan has potential, but unless we proceed carefully, it could fall to pieces. Synonyms and examples fail We tried our best, but ultimately the project failed. fall apart Things were going smoothly until we hired him, and now everything is falling apart. fall through Our plans to visit fell through at the last minute. crackinformal The Liberal Party is cracking under the pressure of these allegations. go belly upmainlyUSinformal I wanted to invest in his company, but it went belly up at the beginning of the year. fall short The new camera promises excellent zoom capabilities, but it falls short. fall between two stools The book really fell between two stools: not short enough to appeal to casual readers, but not serious enough to draw in literary readers. go down the panUKinformal I had high hopes for my club, but they've gone down the pan. go pear-shapedUKinformal All seemed to be on track, but then our plans went pear-shaped. come to nothing All those years of work, and for what? It's all come to nothing. bite the dust Despite interest from investors, it's likely that the airline start-up will bite the dust. come a cropperinformal The team really came a cropper after trading their star forward. go down the tubesinformal Without a stimulus package, our economy's going to go down the tubes. crash and burninformal Once the goalie was injured, the team crashed and burned, losing 7-1. flop His debut film flopped at the box office. bombmainlyUSinformal The play absolutely bombed. Antonym and example succeed The campaign succeeded, and he was re-elected. Go to the thesaurus article about these synonyms and antonyms offall to pieces. See also failure breakdown meltdown collapse washoutinformal fiasco debacle omnishamblesUKinformal flameoutUSinformal non-success inefficacyformal success turkeyinformal clunkerUSinformal dudinformal lemonmainlyUSinformal be a disasterinformal loserinformal lame duck no-hoperUK non-starterinformal default malpractice dereliction neglect negligence lapse non-fulfilmentUK non-action inactionformal Learn more When something fails, itdoes not work or does not happen as intended. Thefact of being unsuccessfulis called failure. Failure is also used to describesomeone or something that is not successfulorthe fact of not doing something that you should. Cambridge English Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//thesaurus/fall-to-pieces##
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