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What is another word for fall flat on your face?

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Verb
To fail, especially in spectacular fashion
fail
founder
flop
yield
give
crumple
fall flat
buckle
fall
collapse
flunk
backfire
bomb
flounder
miscarry
crater
fizzle
misfire
miss
tank
abort
flatline
slip
underperform
blunder
fluff
fold
underachieve
be unsuccessful
fall short
go belly-up
be defeated
be in vain
fall through
fizzle out
flame out
miss the mark
not succeed
run aground
screw up
be frustrated
be ruined
bite the dust
break down
come unstuck
go down
lack success
nosedive
not pass muster
strike out
wash out
be demoted
be found deficient
be found wanting
come to naught
come to nothing
fall by the wayside
go astray
go downhill
hit the skids
miss the boat
not pass
suffer defeat
be found lacking
be rejected
come to grief
go by the board
go pear-shaped
go up in smoke
hit rock bottom
meet with disaster
not come up to the mark
not make the grade
turn out badly
come a cropper
lay an egg
not come up to scratch
cave in
go awry
go down like a lead balloon
blow up in someone's face
come unglued
go down the toilet
go wrong
lose
disappoint
crash
go under
boomerang
rebound
come apart at the seams
end
be beaten
lose out
go to the wall
go amiss
capitulate
succumb
recoil
terminate
cede
be the loser
go bust
come off second-best
be bested by
be vanquished
be conquered
be trounced
sink without trace
take a licking
come up short
go belly up
fall to pieces
come to a halt
not work
go phut
disintegrate
bust
flummox
keel
ploughUK
plowUS
bow out
unravel
go bump
end in failure
fall down
drop out
be humbled
crash out
take a beating
do something badly
go adrift
go off course
go down the tube
come apart
foul up
fail miserably
go badly
trip up
slip up
go to pieces
end in tears
be abortive
be a failure
fall apart
not come off
break
wallow
bungle
flag
languish
dissatisfy
crumble
close
miss the target
bellyflop
not come up to expectations
come unwrapped
meet with failure
go on the rocks
come to a sticky end
come to a bad end
poop out
fail to go off
fizz out
peter out
go to ruin
come undone
fall short of
fall short of expectations
end in defeat
be a fiasco
end in disappointment
bring to naught
not show
blow it
fail to happen
grind to a halt
go out of business
bomb out
decline
deteriorate
relinquish
relent
backslide
go over like a lead balloon
be a disappointment
lose money
be a disaster
come off second best
get the worst of it
go haywire
back down
lay down arms
default
admit defeat
get the worst
throw in the towel
have the worst
give in
be worsted
abdicate
bow
crash and burn
go down in flames
be felled
fail heavily
utterly fail
backlash
ricochet
miss fire
gang agley
hit bottom
lose status
play into
go down swinging
back wrong horse
lose control
suffer
be taken to cleaners
meet one's Waterloo
be outdistanced
drop a bundle
redound on
be self-defeating
have an adverse effect
spring back
be counterproductive
not go as planned
have unwelcome repercussions for
bounce back
cause one to be hoist with one's own petard
come back
not make the grade at
be unsuccessful in
not come up to the mark in
not come up to scratch in
submit
“You don't want him to see you fall flat on your face on a bunny slope.”
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fall for it
fall foul of
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