- take a flop
- {v. phr.} To fall heavily. * /I took a nasty flop on the ice-covered sidewalk./
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
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take a flop — {v. phr.} To fall heavily. * /I took a nasty flop on the ice covered sidewalk./ … Dictionary of American idioms
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sprawl — Synonyms and related words: accubation, accumbency, be lengthy, be prolonged, bed, bed down, belong, branch, branch out, capsize, careen, come a cropper, couch, crane, crawl, cropper, culbute, curl up, decumbency, deploy, disperse, dive, drape,… … Moby Thesaurus
