come to grief

Speech parts

1. come to grief - Verb

2. come to grief - Phrase

Meaning

come to grief (third-person singular simple present comes to grief, present participle coming to grief, simple past came to grief, past participle come to grief)

(idiomatic) To suffer a disastrous outcome.

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Synonyms

collapse backfire fall through grind to a halt fall short

Antonyms

work click arrive work out make do pay off

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Words in the phrase

come to grief

Close letter words and terms

come to earth come to find out come to fruition come to grips come to grips with come to halt