fall to the ground

English

Verb

fall to the ground (third-person singular simple present falls to the ground, present participle falling to the ground, simple past fell to the ground, past participle fallen to the ground)

1. To come to nothing; to fail.
   • 1863, Chambers's Edinburgh Journal:

     As he alone was earnest in the matter, and as no one came forward with capital, the scheme fell to the ground.

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fall,‎ ground.