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fell flat

fell flat is the simple past of fall flat.

Meaning of fall flat

Verb

fall flat (third-person singular simple present falls flat, present participle falling flat, simple past fell flat, past participle fallen flat)

  1. To produce no humour, inspiration, etc.
    • The prop comedy in Las Vegas fell flat.

Questions about fell flat

What is fell flat the simple past of?
Fell flat is the simple past of fall flat.

Words near fell flat in the dictionary

  1. fell between two stools
  2. fell by the wayside
  3. fell down
  4. fell down on
  5. fell due
  6. fell flat
  7. fell flat on one's face
  8. fell for
  9. fell foul
  10. fell from grace
  11. fell ill

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