flat

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FALL FLAT,

IN NO TIME or IN NOTHING FLAT,

LEAVE FLAT.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[leave flat] {v. phr.}, {informal} To quit or leave suddenly without warning when wanted or needed; desert; forsake; abandon. * /Sam found that being a member of the trail-clearing group […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[fall flat] {v.}, {informal} To be a failure; fail. * /The party fell flat because of the rain./ * /His joke fell flat because no one understood it./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

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