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Question

Choose the correct meaning of the idiom/phrase.
To fall flat
  1. To retreat
  2. To meet accidentally
  3. To fail
  4. To be met with a cold reception

A
To meet accidentally
B
To fail
C
To be met with a cold reception
D
To retreat
Solution
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The idiom “To fall flat” means to be unable to be ineffective or achieve the desired result, or in other words, meet failure. Hence, Option C is correct. The rest of the options do not express this meaning, hence incorrect.

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