Synonyms of fallen on one's face

fallen on one's face

phrase

past participle of fall on one's face

as in collapsed

to be unsuccessful

Remembering how she fell on her face giving the speech the first time spurred her to practice it till she had it down.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• collapsed
• failed
• flopped
• missed
• fallen short
• fallen flat
• struggled
• laid an egg
• struck out
• washed out
• folded
• flamed out
• come to grief
• slumped
• slipped
• died on the vine
• come a cropper
• come up empty
• declined
• flunked
• tanked
• foundered
• cratered
• bombed
• gone under
• floundered
• crumbled
• waned
• skidded
• misfired
• sunk
• miscarried
• crashed
• imploded
• self-destructed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• worked out
• gone
• delivered
• succeeded
• come off
• clicked
• gone over
• cooked
• panned out
• flourished
• thrived
• prospered
• prevailed
• won
• triumphed