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TO FALL FLAT

Definition: TO FALL FLAT

TO FALL FLAT

1. To produce no response or result; to fail of the intended effect; as, his speech fell flat.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Crosswords: TO FALL FLAT

Specialty definitions using "TO FALL FLAT": cast net. (references)

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Modern Translation: TO FALL FLAT

Language Translations for "TO FALL FLAT"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Hungarian

  

nincs sikere, megbukik (fail, flunk, to be plucked, to become bankrupt, to fail, to flunk, to go flop, to go phut, to slip up, to turn out crabs), kudarcba fullad (fall through, flat out, to fail, to flat out, to go awry), dugába dől (to come unstuck). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

otay allfay atflay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: TO FALL FLAT

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-f-f-l-l-l-o-t-t"

-4 letters: afloat, atlatl, fallal, tallol.

-5 letters: allot, aloft, atoll, fatal, float, flota, offal, total.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: TO FALL FLAT


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 4F      46 41 4C 4C      46 4C 41 54

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

        

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010100 01001111 00100000 01000110 01000001 01001100 01001100 00100000 01000110 01001100 01000001 01010100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#79 &#32 &#70 &#65 &#76 &#76 &#32 &#70 &#76 &#65 &#84

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 004F      0046 0041 004C 004C      0046 004C 0041 0054

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5449240354646240463554

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Translations: Modern
4. Anagrams
5. Orthography
6. Bibliography


  

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