flat
/ˈflæt/ adverb B2- So as to be flat. · Spread the tablecloth flat over the table.
- Completely, firmly, or unequivocally. · I asked him if he wanted to marry me and he turned me down flat.
- Exactly; precisely. · In the mile race, Smith's time was 3:58.56, and Brown's was four minutes flat.
- Used to emphasize the smallness of the measurement. · He can run a mile in four minutes flat.
- Without parole.
- Completely. · I am flat broke this month.
- Directly; flatly.
- Without allowance for accrued interest. · The bonds are trading flat.
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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“I don’t mind floating down when there’s two or three of us in the flat and we can sit up.
To Anne in particular things seemed fearfully flat, stale, and unprofitable after the goblet of excitement she had been sipping for weeks.
A FOX invited a Crane to supper and provided nothing for his entertainment but some soup made of pulse, which was poured out into a broad flat stone dish.
Not a tree nor a house broke the broad sweep of flat country that reached to the edge of the sky in all directions.
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