meet a sticky end in English

Audio: En-au-meet a sticky end.ogg

Forms: meets a sticky end [present, singular, third-person], meeting a sticky end [participle, present], met a sticky end [participle, past], met a sticky end [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|meet<,,met> a sticky end}} meet a sticky end (third-person singular simple present meets a sticky end, present participle meeting a sticky end, simple past and past participle met a sticky end)

Inflected forms

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        "To die unpleasantly due to one's actions."
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        "(idiomatic, British) To die unpleasantly due to one's actions."
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"meet a sticky end" meaning in English

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