phrasal verbphr vFAILif an agreement, plan, sale etc falls through, it is not completed successfully 〔协议、计划、销售等〕失败,告吹
The studio planned to make a movie of the book but the deal fell through.
电影公司计划把那本书拍成电影,但是没有谈成。
Examples from the Corpus
fall through• It was unbelievable -- it took two years to set the whole thing up and it fell through at the last minute!• The dealfell through because they couldn't get enough money from the bank.