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What does fall through mean?

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Verb
  1. (intransitive, idiomatic) To be unsuccessful, abort, come to nothing/naught; to be cancelled; not to proceed.
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Those who lose a job or face a financial setback fall through the frayed safety net of welfare and other social service cutbacks.
It fears that if immediate steps are not taken, the project may fall through.
I'm not voting because I fall through the cracks and nobody will miss me, but I will not go down fighting.
As there was no footway, there was fear that some might fall through the bridgework to the river.
It is amazing that, in an era of unsurpassed economic vibrancy, that we still have young people who fall through the net of illiteracy.
My brief is to liaise with the prosecuting authorities and make sure that the case doesn't fall through the cracks.

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