"fall at the final hurdle" meaning in All languages combined

See fall at the final hurdle on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈfɔːl æt ðə ˌfaɪnl̩ ˈhɜːdl̩/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈfɔl æt ðə ˌfaɪn(ə)l ˈhɝd(ə)l/ [General-American] Forms: falls at the final hurdle [present, singular, third-person], falling at the final hurdle [participle, present], fell at the final hurdle [past], fallen at the final hurdle [participle, past]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)dəl Etymology: See fall at the last hurdle. Head templates: {{en-verb|fall<,,fell,fallen> at the final hurdle}} fall at the final hurdle (third-person singular simple present falls at the final hurdle, present participle falling at the final hurdle, simple past fell at the final hurdle, past participle fallen at the final hurdle)
  1. Synonym of fall at the last hurdle Synonyms: fall at the last hurdle [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-fall_at_the_final_hurdle-en-verb-GYLpG-jo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English predicates, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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      "form": "falling at the final hurdle",
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    },
    {
      "form": "fell at the final hurdle",
      "tags": [
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    },
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      "form": "fallen at the final hurdle",
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      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈfɔl æt ðə ˌfaɪn(ə)l ˈhɝd(ə)l/",
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    },
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    {
      "form": "fell at the final hurdle",
      "tags": [
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    },
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      ]
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