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fall flatFail to produce the desired effect; or generally to be unsuccessfulRate it:

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flat brokeHas no money at allRate it:

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flat outCompletely out of something such as; energy, food or money. Basically to be out of any kind of product.Rate it:

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flat as a pancakeParticularly or extremely flat.Rate it:

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have a flatTo have a flat tyre.Rate it:

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flat chatAt maximum capability or speed.Rate it:

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flat chatExtremely busy.Rate it:

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flat outBluntly, no holds barred.Rate it:

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flat outAt top speed.Rate it:

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flat tophaircutRate it:

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flat-chestedHaving a flat chest; having small breasts.Rate it:

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flat-eartherA person who believes or advocates the theory that the earth is flat.Rate it:

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flat-eartherA person who believes or advocates the theory that the planet Earth is flat.Rate it:

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flat-eartherA person who believes or advocates an outlandish, discredited theory; a person who refuses to acknowledge the truth despite overwhelming evidence.Rate it:

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flat-footedHaving feet which are flat.Rate it:

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flat-footedHaving the specific physical condition of flat feet.Rate it:

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flat-footedUnprepared to act.Rate it:

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flat-footedTo firmly hold and maintain a decision; to stand one's ground.Rate it:

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have a flatTo be the owner of an apartment.Rate it:

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in nothing flatA very short amount of time; no time at all.Rate it:

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no matter how flat you make a pancake, it has two sidesThere are always two sides to an argumentRate it:

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nothing flatAmount of time; no time at all.Rate it:

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escape the bear and fall to the lionTo avoid a problem or inconvenience only to exchange it for an even worse misfortune afterwardsRate it:

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fall forbe deceived byRate it:

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fall intoWithout having planned it.Rate it:

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fall into the wrong handsTo become the possession of, or be discovered by, an unfriendly third party.Rate it:

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fall offTo become detached or to drop from.Rate it:

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fall off a truckOf an item of merchandise, to come into a person's possession without having been paid for; to be acquired illegally.Rate it:

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fall over oneselfTo be unusually enthusiastic.Rate it:

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fall to piecesTo feel emotionally devastated; to break down.Rate it:

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fall underTo belong to for purposes of categorization.Rate it:

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you'll shit and fall in itUsed as a response to someone's plan of action. basically assuring them you won't let them and it could result in a physical altercation.Rate it:

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fall onTo experience; to suffer; to fall upon.Rate it:

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fall downTo fall to the ground.Rate it:

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fall throughTo be unsuccessful, abort, come to nothing/naught; to be cancelled; not to proceed.Rate it:

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fall awayTo cease to support a person or cause.Rate it:

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fall behindTo be progressively below average in performance.Rate it:

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fall outTo come out of something by falling.Rate it:

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apple does not fall far from the stemAlternative form of apple does not fall far from the tree.Rate it:

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apple does not fall far from the treeA child grows up to be very similar to its parents, both in behavior and in physical characteristics.1842, E. A. Freidlaender (translator), Frederika Bremer (author), The Neighbours, ch. 10:It is impossible to look at Madam Rhen, without at once making the conclusion that she is pleasantness, hospitality, and loquacity itself; nor can one look upon her daughter Renetta without thinking, "the apple does not fall far from the tree!"1978, Dr. Isador Rosenfeld, "Doctor Asks Patient Rate it:

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fall apartTo break into pieces through being in a dilapidated state.Rate it:

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fall backTo retreat.Rate it:

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fall forTo fall in love with somebody.Rate it:

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fall inTo collapse inwards.Rate it:

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fall in withTo accept a set of generally agreed rules, or a suggestion.Rate it:

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fall in withTo join a group of people.Rate it:

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fall intoTo go into something by falling.Rate it:

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fall overTo fall from an upright or standing position to a horizontal or prone position.Rate it:

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fall overOf an argument, to fail to be valid.Rate it:

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fall victimto suffer as a result of external circumstances or someone else's actionsRate it:

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