Read full poem →Amid the chanted joy and thankful rite
May so fall flat, with pale insensate brow,
On the altar-stair. I hear thy voice and vow,
Dictionary Entry
To produce no effect; to fail in the intended effect.
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“The politician's speech fell flat.”
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Poetry examples for “fall flat”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.