flatten

flatten

To strike someone and knock them down. Can you believe that skinny little kid flattened the bully?

flatten out

1. To become flat. Ah, so the picture did flatten out after being under that big textbook for a few hours.
2. To cause someone or something to become flat. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "flatten" and "out." I put the picture under that big textbook to try and flatten it out.
3. To strike someone and knock them down. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "flatten" and "out." Can you believe that skinny little kid flattened out the bully?
See also: flatten, out

flatten the curve

To slow the spread of an infectious disease so that its outbreak is more manageable for medical professionals. The graphical "curve" indicates how many people have the illness. A sharp curve means that many people have the illness all at the same time, which then overtaxes the healthcare system. Stay-at-home measures were put in place during the 2020 coronavirus pandemic to flatten the curve. We don't have enough doctors to treat all these projected cases—we must take steps to flatten the curve.
See also: curve, flatten
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

flatten someone or something out

to make someone or something flat. If you fall under the steamroller, it will flatten you out. Flatten out that dough a little more. Please flatten it out.
See also: flatten, out
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

flatten out

v.
1. To become completely flat: The graph indicated that sales were strong in July but that they flattened out in August.
2. To make something completely flat: I flattened out the crumpled paper and wrote on it. The iron flattened the wrinkly fabric out.
3. To knock someone to the ground: The boxer flattened out his opponent. The bicyclist flattened the pedestrian out.
See also: flatten, out
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.

flatten

tv. to knock someone down with a blow. Shorty flattened the kid with a jab to the nose.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • flatten out
  • pulp
  • beat (one) to a pulp
  • beat someone to a pulp
  • fling (someone or something) down
  • fling down
  • crush down
  • beat down on (someone or something)
  • rail
  • (as) skinny as a rail
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n1950s: From Here to Eternity (1953): Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr kissing in the surf n1960s: Psycho (1960): The editing, shrieking music and camera angles in the shower scene n1970s: Apocalypse Now (1979): where Col Kilgore (Robert Duvall) and his Air Calvary helicopters swarm out of the dawn light to flatten a Vietcong village n1980s: The Empire Strikes Back (1980): The AT-AT attack n1990s: The Matrix (1999): Carrie-Anne Moss flying through the air
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Small retail establishments written in the surplus lines market are seeing flattened or decreasing rates, particularly on the property side, said Joseph Timmons, president of Midwestern General Agency Inc.
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Consider this from Bill O'Reilly's broadcast of March 26: "You flatten Baghdad, you flatten the troops, we flatten all the troops.
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