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fall flat
verb as in crash
verb as in disappoint
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Strong matches
verb as in fail
Strongest matches
Weak matches
- 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
- 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
verb as in flop
Strongest matches
Weak matches
verb as in miscarry
Strongest matches
Weak matches
- 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
- 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
verb as in misfire
Example Sentences
But the band’s early attempts to make the grade had fallen flat on its face.
Some jokes hit their marks; others fall flat.
"If it doesn't meet the tests set by them then it's going to fall flat," she said.
Mitchell has contemplated the possibility of the Red Roses' homecoming, against the odds, falling flat.
We can celebrate the notion of Los Angeles as paradise, but it is a paradise whose vision sort of falls flat when you consider the reality of thousands and thousands of unhoused people.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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