"on the flat" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} on the flat, {{en-PP}} on the flat
  1. (UK) On level ground. Tags: UK
    Sense id: en-on_the_flat-en-prep_phrase-CCUCzxwg Categories (other): British English
  2. On the same level, at grade.
    Sense id: en-on_the_flat-en-prep_phrase-WOJR6~dF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 85

Download JSON data for on the flat meaning in English (1.2kB)

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