Fall short of is a phrase used to describe a situation when something or someone does not meet a specific expectation or standard. Here are some antonyms for the phrase: exceed, surpass, succeed, achieve, accomplish, fulfill, meet, reach, satisfy, perform. To exceed is to go beyond what is expected or required. To surpass means to exceed in excellence or achievement. To succeed is to achieve a desired outcome or goal. To achieve is to successfully reach a desired goal. To accomplish is to successfully complete a task or objective. To fulfill is to satisfy or meet a requirement. To meet is to comply with a requirement or standard. To reach is to attain or achieve a goal. To satisfy is to meet or fulfill a need or desire. To perform is to execute a task or function effectively.

What are the antonyms for Fall short of?

• n.

  • noun
  • catch
  ,
  • clasp
  ,
  • clutch
  ,
  • grip
  ,
  • gripe
  .

• v.

  • disappoint
  • aid
  ,
  • allow
  ,
  • assist
  ,
  • clear up
  ,
  • delight
  ,
  • encourage
  ,
  • excite
  ,
  • explain
  ,
  • forward
  ,
  • help
  ,
  • make happy
  ,
  • permit
  ,
  • please
  ,
  • satisfy
  ,
  • succeed
  .
  • noun
  • fulfil
  ,
  • fulfill
  ,
  • live up to
  .

Famous quotes with Fall short of

• We are all human and fall short of where we need to be. We must never stop trying to be the best we can be.

  Richard Adams
• Look at the United States today. We have made mistakes in the past. We have had shortcomings. We shall make mistakes in the future and fall short of our own best hopes.

  Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.
• The painter who feels obligated to depict his subjects as uniformly beautiful or handsome and without flaws will fall short of making art.

  Joyce Maynard
• The mere assemblage of peace loving people to interchange convincing reasons for their common faith, mere exhortation and argument to the public in favor of peace in general fall short of the mark.

  Elihu Root
• The methods of peace propaganda which aim at establishing peace doctrine by argument and by creating a feeling favorable to peace in general seem to fall short of reaching the springs of human action and of dealing with the causes of the conduct which they seek to modify.

  Elihu Root

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