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*wide of the mark

1. Lit. far from the target. (*Typically: be ~; fall ~.) Tom's shot was wide of the mark. The pitch was quite fast but wide of the mark. The arrow fell wide of the mark.

2. Fig. inadequate; far from what is required or expected. (*Typically: be ~; fall ~.) Jane's efforts were sincere but wide of the mark. He failed the course because everything he did was wide of the mark.

See also: mark, wide

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While last year's performance was defined by a dismal fourth quarter, the most pessimistic of predictions for 2008 will most likely fall wide of the mark, LaSalle Investment Management announced in their 2007 / 2008 US Real Estate Securities Market Review and Outlook. REITs still on the money despite dull 4Q performance by Real Estate Weekly Occasionally the jokes fall wide of the mark and in places you'll see the gags coming from a mile off, but these are minor gripes about a movie that has got something for everybody. What's on this week: Pegg hits the target with comic copper; MOVIE OF ... by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) It's an angry spraygun approach, and many of the shots fall wide of the mark. LETTERS AND DEBATE by Factor, June / Arena Magazine			fall on knees fall on stony ground fall on sword fall out fall out of bed fall out of favor fall out of love fall out with fall outside fall over fall over backwards fall over oneself fall overboard fall prey to fall short fall short of fall short of goal fall through fall through the cracks fall through the floor fall to fall to pieces fall toward fall under fall under spell fall wide of the mark fall within fallen falls on deaf ears false false move falter in fame familiar familiar with Familiarity breeds contempt familiarize with family family that prays together stays together famous last words fan fan of fan out fan the breeze fan the flames fancy fancy as fancy chances fancy footwork Fancy meeting you here! Fancy that!			fall to fall to fall to knees fall to knees fall to knees fall to knees fall to lot fall to lot fall to lot fall to lot fall to lot Fall to Pieces Fall to Pieces Fall to Pieces (track) fall to the rear Fall Together Fall Together fall toward fall under fall under fall under spell fall upon fall upon fall upon fall upon fall velocity Fall Vision Meeting Fall Walleye Index Netting fall webworm Fall Webworm Moth fall wide of the mark Fall Wind Fall Wind fall within Fall Workshop on Computational Geometry Fall, Albert Bacon fall, the Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer fall-back position fall-blooming fall-blooming hydrangea fall-board fall-flowering fall-off Fall-out Fall-out Fall-out Fall-out Fall-out Fall-Out Risk Fall-Out Risks fall-pipe fall-pipe fall-streak hole Falla Falla Falla del mercado Falla, Manuel de Falla, Manuel de Falla, Sweden Falla, Sweden

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