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on the flat

on the flat prepositional phrase: on level ground.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (UK) On level ground.
  2. On the same level, at grade.
    • Another connection to be removed in September was that from the North London Line to the Tilbury route at Bromley, which crossed the District Line on the flat.1959 November, “L.T. and E.R. developments in East London”, in Trains Illustrated, page 529
    • Aside from services running along the East Coast Main Line, the documents include East Midlands Railway's services from Matlock and Derby to Lincoln and Cleethorpes, because they cross the ECML on the flat at Newark. In the busiest weekday hour, 21 trains cross at Newark.2025 October 1, Philip Haigh, “Winners and losers in the new ECML timetable”, in RAIL, number 1045, page 22

Questions about on the flat

What does on the flat mean?
On the flat means on level ground.
What part of speech is on the flat?
On the flat is a prepositional phrase.

Words near on the flat in the dictionary

  1. on the face of
  2. on the face of it
  3. on the face of the earth
  4. on the fence
  5. on the fiddle
  6. on the flat
  7. on the flip side
  8. on the flipside
  9. on the floor
  10. on the fly
  11. on the fritz

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