/ · 1894 Brewer’s · F · Fall Flat (To)
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To lie prostrate or procumbent; to fail to interest, as “the last act fell flat.”
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.