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English verb: fall flat

1. fall flat (social) fail utterly; collapse


SamplesThe project foundered.


ExamplesThe business is going to fall flat


Synonymsfall through, flop, founder


Pattern of useSomething ----s


Broader (hypernym)fail, go wrong, miscarry









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