"come to a sticky end" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: en-au-come to a sticky end.ogg [Australia] Forms: comes to a sticky end [present, singular, third-person], coming to a sticky end [participle, present], came to a sticky end [past], come to a sticky end [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|come<,,came,come> to a sticky end}} come to a sticky end (third-person singular simple present comes to a sticky end, present participle coming to a sticky end, simple past came to a sticky end, past participle come to a sticky end)
  1. (idiomatic, British) To die unpleasantly due to one's actions. Tags: British, idiomatic Categories (topical): Death Synonyms: meet a sticky end
    Sense id: en-come_to_a_sticky_end-en-verb-~FhrWLXf Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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