Thesaurus / flop
EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB
That doesn’t mean the new platforms are a flop — or even that they aren’t great.
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It was an expensive flop, plagued by delays and quality issues, and the company ended up in bankruptcy.
ELECTRIC VEHICLE STOCKS COME UNPLUGGEDAARON PRESSMANNOVEMBER 2, 2020FORTUNE
Whether ill-judged or simply ahead of its time, the transition was a resounding flop.
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The company has been rumored for sometime to be working on a less expensive follow-up to its flop smart speaker, the HomePod.
APPLE’S ‘TIME FLIES’ EVENT: 5 THINGS TO LOOK FORAARON PRESSMANSEPTEMBER 15, 2020FORTUNE
If it’s a flop, we probably will never learn how many people took advantage.
THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT MOVIE WEEKEND OF THE YEARALISSA WILKINSONSEPTEMBER 4, 2020VOX
For example, if you’re a shoe business going after an Australian audience, you would probably be better off targeting “thong” rather than “flip flop” keywords.
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Bud turned his hotcakes with a vicious flop that spattered more batter on the stove.
CABIN FEVERB. M. BOWER
Never a flop of tail to indicate gratitude for blandishments, never the faintest symptom of canine appreciation.
IN SEARCH OF THE UNKNOWNROBERT W. CHAMBERS
One of these days Dan will take a flop and land clean over in the Thatcher camp.
A HOOSIER CHRONICLEMEREDITH NICHOLSON
She says to tell you it looks at last like our old eagle bird will have a chance to flop its wings in France.
THE TREASURE TRAILMARAH ELLIS RYAN
WORDS RELATED TO FLOP
- 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
- abate
- backslide
- be precipitated
- break down
- buckle
- cascade
- cave in
- collapse
- crash
- decline
- decrease
- depreciate
- diminish
- dip
- dive
- drag
- droop
- drop down
- dwindle
- ease
- ebb
- flag
- flop
- fold up
- go down
- gravitate
- hit the dirt
- keel over
- land
- lapse
- lessen
- nose-dive
- pitch
- plummet
- plunge
- recede
- regress
- relapse
- settle
- sink
- slip
- slope
- slump
- spin
- stumble
- subside
- take a header
- tip over
- topple
- totter
- trail
- trip
- tumble
- wane
- abate
- backslide
- be precipitated
- break down
- buckle
- cascade
- cave in
- collapse
- crash
- decline
- decrease
- depreciate
- diminish
- dip
- dive
- drag
- droop
- drop down
- dwindle
- ease
- ebb
- flag
- flop
- fold up
- go down
- gravitate
- hit the dirt
- keel over
- land
- lapse
- lessen
- nose-dive
- pitch
- plummet
- plunge
- recede
- regress
- relapse
- settle
- sink
- slip
- slope
- slump
- spin
- stumble
- subside
- take a header
- tip over
- topple
- totter
- trail
- trip
- tumble
- wane
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.