flattening out
1flattening out — UK US flatten off/out Phrasal Verb with flatten({{}}/ˈflætən/ verb [I or T] ► to stop rising or falling, and stay at the same level: »If the housing market continues to flatten out or even decline, we re in for some tough times.… …
2hammering out — flattening out with a hammer (i.e. metal); working out, devising …
3flatten off/out — UK US flatten off/out Phrasal Verb with flatten({{}}/ˈflætən/ verb [I or T] ► to stop rising or falling, and stay at the same level: »If the housing market continues to flatten out or even decline, we re in for some tough times.… …
4flatten out — UK US flatten off/out Phrasal Verb with flatten({{}}/ˈflætən/ verb [I or T] ► to stop rising or falling, and stay at the same level: »If the housing market continues to flatten out or even decline, we re in for some tough times.… …
5flatten out — phrasal verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms flatten out : present tense I/you/we/they flatten out he/she/it flattens out present participle flattening out past tense flattened out past participle flattened out 1) same as flatten 1) The… …
6stretching out — flattening, extending, spreading out …
7spreading out — flattening, extending, outstretching …
8Head flattening — Head flattening, also called head binding, head shaping or head moulding, is the application of pressure or bindingsto cranial bones (the human skull) to alter their shapes. Flat shapes, elongated ones (produced by binding between two pieces of… …
9To put one's nose out of joint — Nose Nose (n[=o]z), n. [AS. nosu; akin to D. neus, G. nase, OHG. nasa, Icel. n[ o]s, Sw. n[ a]sa, Dan. n[ a]se, Lith. nosis, Russ. nos , L. nasus, nares, Skr. n[=a]s[=a], n[=a]s. [root]261. Cf. {Nasal}, {Nasturtium}, {Naze}, {Nostril}, {Nozzle}.] …
10iron out — to kill Not from iron1 but from the flattening of the victim. Occasionally as iron off …
