"fall flat on one's face" meaning in English

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "falls flat on one's face",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "falling flat on one's face",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fell flat on one's face",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fallen flat on one's face",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "fall<,,fell,fallen> flat on one's face"
      },
      "expansion": "fall flat on one's face (third-person singular simple present falls flat on one's face, present participle falling flat on one's face, simple past fell flat on one's face, past participle fallen flat on one's face)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I tripped over my shoelace and fell flat on my face.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To fall headlong forwards, notionally hitting one's face on the ground."
      ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literally) To fall headlong forwards, notionally hitting one's face on the ground."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literally"
      ]
    },
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He tried to start his own business but fell flat on his face.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To fail miserably, especially in an obvious or embarrassing way."
      ],
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        [
          "fail",
          "fail"
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        [
          "miserably",
          "miserably"
        ],
        [
          "obvious",
          "obvious"
        ],
        [
          "embarrassing",
          "embarrassing"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) To fail miserably, especially in an obvious or embarrassing way."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "fall flat on one's face"
}

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    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "falls flat on one's face",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "falling flat on one's face",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fell flat on one's face",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fallen flat on one's face",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fall<,,fell,fallen> flat on one's face"
      },
      "expansion": "fall flat on one's face (third-person singular simple present falls flat on one's face, present participle falling flat on one's face, simple past fell flat on one's face, past participle fallen flat on one's face)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I tripped over my shoelace and fell flat on my face.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To fall headlong forwards, notionally hitting one's face on the ground."
      ],
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        "(literally) To fall headlong forwards, notionally hitting one's face on the ground."
      ],
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        "literally"
      ]
    },
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        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He tried to start his own business but fell flat on his face.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To fail miserably, especially in an obvious or embarrassing way."
      ],
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        [
          "fail",
          "fail"
        ],
        [
          "miserably",
          "miserably"
        ],
        [
          "obvious",
          "obvious"
        ],
        [
          "embarrassing",
          "embarrassing"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) To fail miserably, especially in an obvious or embarrassing way."
      ],
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        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
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  "word": "fall flat on one's face"
}