- fall at the first hurdle
- Fall at the first hurdleIf something falls at the first hurdle, it goes wrong or fails at the first or an early stage.
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fall at the first hurdle
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fall at the first hurdle — fall at the first/final/hurdle fall at the first final fence phrase to fail at the beginning or near the end of something that you are trying to do Thesaurus: to fail, or to stop being successful … Useful english dictionary
fall at the final hurdle — fall at the first/final/hurdle fall at the first final fence phrase to fail at the beginning or near the end of something that you are trying to do Thesaurus: to fail, or to stop being successful … Useful english dictionary
fall at the first fence — fall at the first/final/hurdle fall at the first final fence phrase to fail at the beginning or near the end of something that you are trying to do Thesaurus: to fail, or to stop being successful … Useful english dictionary
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fall at the final fence — fall at the first/final/hurdle fall at the first final fence phrase to fail at the beginning or near the end of something that you are trying to do Thesaurus: to fail, or to stop being successful … Useful english dictionary
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