Thesaurus / fall flat
other words for fall flat
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Do not the widow's tears run down the cheek, and her cry against him that causeth them to fall?
Why not have sought out the pure white lime-rocks of the flat country, or the grey granite of the hills?
The left heel followed like lightning, and the right paw also slipped, letting the bear again fall heavily on the ice below.
THE GIANT OF THE NORTHR.M. BALLANTYNE
As the window dropped, Ripperda saw the wounded postilion fall on the neck of his horse.
THE PASTOR'S FIRE-SIDE VOL. 3 OF 4JANE PORTER
It mounted straight as a plume for a little way, until it met the cool air of evening which was beginning to fall.
THE BONDBOYGEORGE W. (GEORGE WASHINGTON) OGDEN
Poindexter ordered his men to fall in, and they followed Porter, but at a more leisurely gait.
THE COURIER OF THE OZARKSBYRON A. DUNN
The world may end, the heavens fall, yet loving voices would still find an echo in the ruins of the universe.
PEARLS OF THOUGHTMATURIN M. BALLOU
Austria's fall was due to the lethargy and hesitation of the courts of Berlin and St. Petersburg.
NAPOLEON'S MARSHALSR. P. DUNN-PATTISON
By his commandment he maketh the snow to fall apace, and sendeth forth swiftly the lightnings of his judgment.
By the words of the holy one they stand in judgment, and shall never fall in their watches.
WORDS RELATED TO FALL FLAT
- abort
- baffle
- balk
- bring to naught
- bungle
- cast down
- chagrin
- circumvent
- come to nothing
- dash
- dash hopes
- deceive
- delude
- disconcert
- disenchant
- disgruntle
- dishearten
- disillusion
- dissatisfy
- dumbfound
- embitter
- fail
- fall down on
- fall flat
- fall short of
- foil
- founder
- hamper
- hinder
- leave in the lurch
- let down
- miscarry
- mislead
- not show
- put out
- ruin prospects
- stand up
- tease
- thwart
- torment
- vex
- abort
- back wrong horse
- backslide
- be defeated
- be demoted
- be found lacking
- be in vain
- be ruined
- blunder
- break down
- come to naught
- come to nothing
- decline
- deteriorate
- fall
- fall flat
- fall short
- fall through
- fizzle
- flop
- flounder
- fold
- founder
- go astray
- go down
- go down swinging
- go downhill
- go up in smoke
- go wrong
- hit bottom
- hit the skids
- lose control
- lose out
- lose status
- meet with disaster
- miscarry
- miss
- miss the boat
- play into
- run aground
- slip
- turn out badly
- abort
- back wrong horse
- backslide
- be defeated
- be demoted
- be found lacking
- be in vain
- be ruined
- blunder
- break down
- come to naught
- come to nothing
- decline
- deteriorate
- fall
- fall flat
- fall short
- fall through
- fizzle
- flop
- flounder
- fold
- founder
- go astray
- go down
- go down swinging
- go downhill
- go up in smoke
- go wrong
- hit bottom
- hit the skids
- lose control
- lose out
- lose status
- meet with disaster
- miscarry
- miss
- miss the boat
- play into
- run aground
- slip
- turn out badly
- abort
- back wrong horse
- backslide
- be defeated
- be demoted
- be found lacking
- be in vain
- be ruined
- blunder
- break down
- come to naught
- come to nothing
- decline
- deteriorate
- fall
- fall flat
- fall short
- fall through
- fizzle
- flop
- flounder
- fold
- founder
- go astray
- go down
- go down swinging
- go downhill
- go up in smoke
- go wrong
- hit bottom
- hit the skids
- lose control
- lose out
- lose status
- meet with disaster
- miscarry
- miss
- miss the boat
- play into
- run aground
- slip
- turn out badly
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.