"come a cropper" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: en-au-come a cropper.ogg [Australia] Forms: comes a cropper [present, singular, third-person], coming a cropper [participle, present], came a cropper [past], come a cropper [participle, past]
Etymology: Possibly from the phrase neck and crop, in which crop may refer to the backside of a horse. Etymology templates: {{m|en|neck and crop}} neck and crop, {{m|en|crop}} crop Head templates: {{en-verb|come<,,came,come> a cropper}} come a cropper (third-person singular simple present comes a cropper, present participle coming a cropper, simple past came a cropper, past participle come a cropper)
  1. (originally) To fall headlong from a horse.
    Sense id: en-come_a_cropper-en-verb-VZcwmo1e
  2. (British, idiomatic) To suffer some accident or misfortune; to fail. Tags: British, idiomatic
    Sense id: en-come_a_cropper-en-verb-Juo-kZeD Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 69
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: go a cropper Related terms: neck and crop

Inflected forms

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