flat-outn.
U.S.
A failure, a fiasco.
ΚΠ
a1870 in D.A.E. To flat out..is heard also as a noun. ‘It was a complete flat-out.’ ‘He made a flat-out.’ —N[ew] E[ngland].
1886 Cent. Mag. Mar. 727/1 I didn't know it was goin' to be s'ch a perfect flat-out.
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n.a1870- nim the sea
- nim the way
- nim the way of death
- nim under mainprize
- nim vengeance
- nim, take, give keep
- nim-gimmer
- nim-nosed
- nimb
- nimbated
- nimbe
- nimbed
- nimbi
- nimbiferous
- nimbification
- nimble
- nimble dick
- nimble jack
- nimble jointed
- nimble lizard
- nimble ninepence
- nimble pinioned
- nimble shifting
- nimble shilling
- nimble spirited