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We found 3 dictionaries that define the word fall flat on one's face:

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  1. fall flat on one's face: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. fall flat on one's face, fall flat on one's face: Collins English Dictionary
  3. fall flat on one's face: Wiktionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (fall flat on one's face)

verb:  (literally) To fall headlong forwards, notionally hitting one's face on the ground.
verb:  (figuratively) To fail miserably, especially in an obvious or embarrassing way.


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