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 fail founder break down abort strike out backfire miscarry fall flat fall through wash out misfire run aground grind to a halt fall short

Antonyms

work click win arrive deliver succeed
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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