come to grief en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(idiomatic) To suffer a disastrous outcome.
Immediately beyond Churn Lane the climb begins at 1 in 78, steepening to 1 in 66. Speed soon falls and a number of heavy hop-pickers' specials have come to grief here.
1960 March, H. P. White, “The Hawkhurst branch of the Southern Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 170:J. R. R. Tolkien These elves and half-elves and wizards, they would come to grief perhaps.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| come to grief | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| came to grief | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| comes to grief | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| coming to grief | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Translations (6)
pl lec w gruzach (to have a disastrous outcome) · pl legnąć w gruzach (to have a disastrous outcome) · fi mennä pahasti pieleen (to have a disastrous outcome) · fr exploser en vol (to have a disastrous outcome) · fi epäonnistua pahasti (to have a disastrous outcome) · hu pórul jár (to have a disastrous outcome)