fall flat

phrase

: to produce no response or result

the joke fell flat

Examples of fall flat in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Chastain’s many previous proposals that reached ballots have mostly fallen flat with voters. — Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 7 July 2026

But with Trump returning to office and previous Democratic attempts to rein in his power through impeachment falling flat, the kind of Trump accountability messages pushed by the incumbents didn’t stick among constituents. — Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 2 July 2026

Without proper governance for people, processes and technology, your ability to scale will fall flat. — Saeed Amidi, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026

That being said, there’s an art to styling these jeans in order to keep your look from falling flat. — Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 2 July 2026

Rhymes for fall flat

• begat
• bobcat
• chitchat
• doormat
• ducat
• eclat
• format
• hazmat
• muskrat
• nonfat
• polecat
• thereat