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To flat out

Flat \Flat\, v. i.

  1. To become flat, or flattened; to sink or fall to an even surface.
    --Sir W. Temple.

  2. (Mus.) To fall form the pitch.

    To flat out, to fail from a promising beginning; to make a bad ending; to disappoint expectations. [Colloq.]