come to grief
Meet with disaster or failure. For example, The icy runway caused at least one light plane to come to grief. [Mid-1800s]
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Words nearby come to grief
come to, come to a halt, come to a head, come to an end, come to blows, come to grief, come to grips with, come to life, come to light, come to mind, come to no good
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