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Flop
Flop verb - To throw or set down clumsily or casually.
Close and flop are semantically related in fail topic. Sometimes you can use "Close" instead a verb "Flop", if it concerns topics such as fail miserably.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| old | old close | old flop |
| relative | relative close | relative flop |
| real | real close | real flop |
| big | big close | big flop |
| Other adjectives: enormous, major, literal, favorite. | ||
Common collocations
| way | close way | flop way |
Both words in one sentence
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Once when shot at from a close range he was able to catch the bullet and feign actually being hit and flop to the ground.
Source: Series / The Flash (2014) -
They flop around and randomly perform Spin Attacks, and if Crash gets too close they eat him.
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Comically Missing the Point: During the TV broadcast, we cut to footage of Tugg Speedman on Tyra Banks' talk show:Tyra Banks: Someone close to you said "One more flop and it's over." [beat] Speedman: Somebody said they were close to me?
Source: Film / Tropic Thunder
Cite this Source
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Flop or Close. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/close/flop.
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