Antonyms for fall flat
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : flat |
| Phonetic Transcription : flæt |
Definition of fall flat
Origin :- early 14c., from Old Norse flatr, from Proto-Germanic *flataz (cf. Old Saxon flat "flat, shallow,: Old High German flaz "flat, level," Old English flet, Old High German flezzi "floor"), perhaps from PIE *plat- "to spread" (cf. Greek platys "broad, flat;" see plaice (n.)).
- Sense of "prosaic, dull" is from 1570s; used of drink from c.1600; of musical notes from 1590s, because the tone is "lowered." Flat-out (adv.) "openly, directly" is from 1932; earlier it was a noun meaning "total failure" (1870, U.S. colloquial).
- As in misfire : verb fail
- As in miscarry : verb fail to attain goal
- As in crash : verb fall
- As in disappoint : verb sadden, dismay; frustrate
- As in fail : verb be unsuccessful
- As in flop : verb fail miserably
- But how—seeing that at any moment he felt he might fall flat in the dust, and stay there for ever!
- Extract from : « The Dark Flower » by John Galsworthy
- I wouldn't marry Pole now—not if he was to fall flat and howl for me.
- Extract from : « Sandra Belloni, Complete » by George Meredith
- If we are fired on from the rear do not turn but fall flat on the horse's neck.
- Extract from : « The Treasure of Pearls » by Gustave Aimard
- A German rocket bothered them once, but the German was quick as they to fall flat.
- Extract from : « The Revellers » by Louis Tracy
- Davis he shot, and saw him sway and fall flat, with a smoking gun in his hand.
- Extract from : « The Gringos » by B. M. Bower
- After it, everything else was bound to fall flat, dull, and unimpressive.
- Extract from : « Sketches In The House (1893) » by T. P. O'Connor
- Lessons and recitations, despite the best efforts of Halsey and Beach and the lamb-like bleatings of Meeker, seemed to fall flat.
- Extract from : « From School to Battle-field » by Charles King
- Every time one of those z-z-ping minies came near him he would leap in the air and then fall flat on the ground.
- Extract from : « Drum Taps in Dixie » by Delavan S. Miller
- Just then he struck some sort of obstacle that caused him to fall flat on his stomach with a fierce grunt.
- Extract from : « The Boys of Columbia High on the Gridiron » by Graham B. Forbes
- Everything they said seemed always to stumble over the childs obstinate silence and fall flat.
- Extract from : « The Burning Secret » by Stefan Zweig
Synonyms for fall flat
- abort
- back wrong horse
- backfire
- backslide
- baffle
- balk
- be defeated
- be demoted
- be found lacking
- be in vain
- be ruined
- bite the dust
- blunder
- bomb
- break down
- bring to naught
- bump
- bungle
- cast down
- chagrin
- circumvent
- close
- collapse
- collide
- come apart
- come to naught
- come to nothing
- crash-land
- dash
- dash hopes
- deceive
- decline
- delude
- deteriorate
- disconcert
- disenchant
- disgruntle
- dishearten
- disillusion
- dissatisfy
- ditch
- dive
- drive into
- drop
- dumbfound
- embitter
- explode
- fail
- fall
- fall down on
- fall flat
- fall headlong
- fall prostrate
- fall short
- fall short of
- fall through
- fizz out
- fizzle
- fizzle out
- flop
- flounder
- flummox
- foil
- fold
- founder
- give way
- go astray
- go down
- go down swinging
- go downhill
- go in
- go up in smoke
- go wrong
- hamper
- hinder
- hit bottom
- hit the skids
- hurtle
- leave in the lurch
- let down
- lose control
- lose out
- lose status
- lurch
- meet
- meet with disaster
- miscarry
- misfire
- mislead
- miss
- miss fire
- miss the boat
- miss the mark
- not show
- overbalance
- overturn
- pancake
- peter out
- pitch
- play into
- plough into
- plunge
- poop out
- prang
- put out
- ruin prospects
- run aground
- slip
- smash
- splash down
- sprawl
- stand up
- tease
- thwart
- topple
- torment
- tumble
- turn out badly
- upset
- vex
- wash out
- washout
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