"come unstuck" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-come unstuck.ogg [Australia] Forms: comes unstuck [present, singular, third-person], coming unstuck [participle, present], came unstuck [past], come unstuck [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|come<,,came,come> unstuck}} come unstuck (third-person singular simple present comes unstuck, present participle coming unstuck, simple past came unstuck, past participle come unstuck)
  1. (idiomatic, British) To get into trouble, to have an accident or mishap, to go off the rails. Tags: British, idiomatic Synonyms: come undone
    Sense id: en-come_unstuck-en-verb-LifqAIVE Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header

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