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an einer / der (letzten) Hürde scheitern

to fail at the last hurdle

Türkçe: son engelde takılmak

Noun
Hürde f.
Verb
scheitern
Topic
Konflikt und Risiko

In a sentence

Der Bewerber scheiterte an der letzten Hürde im Auswahlverfahren.

How it is used

Means 'to fail at the last hurdle' (concept: failing just before success). Idiomatic/neutral register. Use in a project post-mortem when a team misses a deadline. Metaphorical, not literal.

Other verbs that go with Hürde

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All collocations with Hürde

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