Thesaurus / fall flat
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synonyms for fall flat
- abort
- decline
- founder
- flounder
- misfire
- flop
- blunder
- fold
- fizzle
- slip
- fall
- miss
- backslide
- deteriorate
- go down
- fall through
- back wrong horse
- be defeated
- be demoted
- be found lacking
- be in vain
- be ruined
- break down
- come to naught
- come to nothing
- fall short
- go astray
- 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
- miss fire
- miss the boat
- miss the mark
- play into
- run aground
- turn out badly
- smash
- plunge
- hurtle
- collapse
- tumble
- ditch
- dive
- drop
- collide
- bump
- slip
- meet
- topple
- overturn
- sprawl
- upset
- lurch
- pancake
- pitch
- bite the dust
- overbalance
- prang
- washout
- crash-land
- drive into
- fall headlong
- fall prostrate
- give way
- go in
- plough into
- splash down
- dissatisfy
- disillusion
- dishearten
- dumbfound
- disconcert
- baffle
- deceive
- fail
- hamper
- mislead
- hinder
- thwart
- founder
- tease
- chagrin
- balk
- vex
- dash
- disgruntle
- foil
- abort
- torment
- embitter
- miscarry
- circumvent
- bungle
- delude
- leave in the lurch
- let down
- put out
- disenchant
- bring to naught
- cast down
- come to nothing
- dash hopes
- fall down on
- fall short of
- not show
- ruin prospects
- stand up
- decline
- fall
- founder
- flounder
- flop
- blunder
- fold
- abort
- fizzle
- slip
- miscarry
- miss
- backslide
- deteriorate
- go down
- break down
- back wrong horse
- be defeated
- be demoted
- be found lacking
- be in vain
- be ruined
- come to naught
- come to nothing
- fall short
- fall through
- go astray
- 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
- miss the boat
- play into
- run aground
- turn out badly
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- satisfy
- please
- make happy
- succeed
- forward
- allow
- help
- clear up
- encourage
- excite
- delight
- permit
- assist
- aid
- explain
- finish
- deliver
- win
- reach
- earn
- develop
- build
- correct
- do well
- succeed
- go up
- rise
- procure
- complete
- capture
- prosper
- obtain
- merit
- gain
- achieve
- accomplish
- ascend
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How to use fall flat in a sentence
Do not the widow's tears run down the cheek, and her cry against him that causeth them to fall?
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUSWhy not have sought out the pure white lime-rocks of the flat country, or the grey granite of the hills?
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, VOLUME 60, NO. 372, OCTOBER 1846VARIOUSThe 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. BALLANTYNEAs the window dropped, Ripperda saw the wounded postilion fall on the neck of his horse.
THE PASTOR'S FIRE-SIDE VOL. 3 OF 4JANE PORTERIt 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) OGDENPoindexter ordered his men to fall in, and they followed Porter, but at a more leisurely gait.
THE COURIER OF THE OZARKSBYRON A. DUNNThe world may end, the heavens fall, yet loving voices would still find an echo in the ruins of the universe.
PEARLS OF THOUGHTMATURIN M. BALLOUAustria's fall was due to the lethargy and hesitation of the courts of Berlin and St. Petersburg.
NAPOLEON'S MARSHALSR. P. DUNN-PATTISONBy his commandment he maketh the snow to fall apace, and sendeth forth swiftly the lightnings of his judgment.
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUSBy the words of the holy one they stand in judgment, and shall never fall in their watches.
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUSWORDS RELATED TO FALL FLAT
- bit the dust
- bumped
- collapsed
- collided
- crash-landed
- ditched
- dived
- dropped
- drove into
- fell flat
- fell headlong
- fell prostrate
- gave way
- hurtled
- lurched
- met
- overbalanced
- overturned
- pancaked
- pitched
- ploughed into
- plunged
- pranged
- slipped
- smashed
- splashed down
- sprawled
- toppled
- tumbled
- upset
- washouted
- went in
- 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
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.