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come to an end

come to a bad end ; come to no good . Have a bad outcome or die in an unpleasant way. For example, I always suspected this venture would come to no good , or Her parents feared he would come to a bad end .
Conclude, terminate, as in the familiar proverb, All things come to an end , stated by Geoffrey Chaucer in Troilus and Cressida (c. 1374).
come to or meet an untimely end . Die at a young age, terminate much sooner than desired or expected. For example, The blow was fatal, causing the young boxer to meet an untimely end , or Our partnership came to an untimely end when I became too ill to work . Also see dead end .

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