Related Words for end in tears

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come to grief
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Phrase, Verb
burst into tears
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Phrase, Verb
fall apart
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Phrase, Verb
go to pieces
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Phrase, Verb
shed a tear
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Phrase, Verb
get the worst of it
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Phrase, Verb
crash and burn
//x
Phrase, Verb
take a turn for the worse
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Phrase, Verb
turn on the waterworks
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Phrase, Verb
go down like a lead balloon
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Phrase, Verb
backfire
/x
Noun
end it all
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Phrase, Verb
totter
/x
Noun
spit blood
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Phrase, Verb
go out with a bang
///x/
Phrase, Verb
blow up
//
Phrase, Verb
weather the storm
/xx/
Phrase, Verb
come to nothing
///x
Phrase, Verb
hit the fan
/x/
Phrase, Verb
go up in flames
//x/
Phrase, Verb
farewell
x/
Noun
be riding for a fall
//x/x/
Phrase, Verb
ring down the curtain
//x/x
Phrase, Verb
go up in smoke
//x/
Phrase, Verb
wet the bed
/x/
Phrase, Verb
crack up
//
Phrase, Verb, Adjective
go to pot
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Phrase, Verb
cash in
/x
Phrase, Verb
have a fit
/x/
Phrase, Verb
lose it
//
Phrase, Verb
cut to the quick
//x/
Phrase, Verb
kiss goodbye
/x/
Phrase, Verb
take a bow
/x/
Phrase, Verb
cut up rough
///
Phrase, Verb
go down the tubes
//x/
Phrase, Verb
go to hell
///
Phrase, Verb
run out
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
blow a gasket
/x/x
Phrase, Verb
land up
//
Phrase, Verb
kamikaze
xx/x
Noun
take a tumble
/x/x
Phrase, Verb
fight a losing battle
/x/x/x
Phrase, Verb
fly into a rage
/x/x/
Phrase, Verb
take fright
//
Phrase, Verb
cough up
//
Phrase, Verb
pay dearly
//x
Phrase, Verb
come to terms with
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Phrase, Verb
tie oneself in knots
/x/x/
Phrase, Verb
goodbye
x/
Noun
throw a tantrum
/x/x
Phrase, Verb
put to the sword
//x/
Phrase, Verb
bawl out
//
Phrase, Verb
fall short
//
Phrase, Verb
tear gas
//
Phrase, Noun, Verb
turn a hair
/x/
Phrase, Verb
die on the vine
//x/
Phrase, Verb
run out on
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Phrase, Verb
go to the dogs
//x/
Phrase, Verb
break a sweat
/x/
Phrase, Verb
lash out
//
Phrase, Verb
throw a fit
/x/
Phrase, Verb
blow a fuse
/x/
Phrase, Verb
go to sleep
///
Phrase, Verb
come a cropper
/x/x
Phrase, Verb
abandon
x/x
Verb, Noun
abolish
x/x
Verb
abolition
xx/x
Noun
abort
x/
Verb, Noun
abutment
x/x
Noun
accomplish
x/x
Verb
account
x/
Noun, Verb
achieve
x/
Verb
acorns
/x
Verb
address
/x
Noun, Verb
adjourn
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Verb
adjournment
x/x
Noun
after
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
aftermath
/xx
Noun
aim
/
Noun, Verb
allow
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Verb
alone
x/
Adverb, Adjective
another
x/x
Adjective
area
/xx
Noun
arrest
x/
Noun, Verb
arrival
x/x
Noun
arrive
x/
Verb
attached
x/
Adjective
ax
/
Noun, Verb
axe
/
Noun, Verb
axial
/xx
Adjective, Noun
back
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb
backend
x/
Noun
bag
/
Noun, Verb
based
/
Verb, Adjective
basis
/x
Noun
bawling
/x
Noun
begin
x/
Verb, Noun
behalf
x/
Noun
bit
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
bitter end
/x/
Phrase, Noun
blip
/
Noun, Verb
blur
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
bony
/x
Adjective, Noun
bottom
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
boundary
/xx
Noun
bourne
/
Name
bout
/
Noun, Verb
break off
//
Phrase, Verb
break up
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
breaks
/
Verb, Noun
bring
/
Verb
bulge
/
Noun, Verb
buoys
/x
Noun, Verb
butt
/
Noun, Verb
cease
/
Verb, Noun
cessation
x/x
Noun
chunk
/
Noun, Verb
climax
/x
Noun, Verb
close out
//
Phrase, Verb
closeout
/x
Noun
closes
/x
Verb
closures
/x
Noun
cloture
/x
Noun, Verb
clump
/
Noun, Verb
coda
/x
Noun
come out
//
Phrase, Verb
comer
/x
Noun
commence
x/
Verb
commencement
x/x
Noun
completes
x/
Verb, Noun
completion
x/x
Noun
compliant
x/x
Adjective
concludes
x/
Verb
conclusion
x/x
Noun
connection
x/x
Noun
connoisseur
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Noun
context
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
corner
/x
Noun, Verb
course
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
cranial
/x
Adjective
cries
/
Noun, Verb
crumpled
/x
Adjective
culminate
/xx
Verb, Adjective
culmination
xx/x
Noun
curb
/
Noun, Verb
cut out
//
Phrase, Verb, Adjective
date
/
Noun, Verb
deadline
/x
Noun, Verb
deadlock
/x
Noun, Verb
death
/
Noun
decide
x/
Verb
decommissioning
xx/xx
Noun
definitive
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
defuse
x/
Verb
delete
x/
Verb, Noun
deletion
x/x
Noun
demise
x/
Noun, Verb
design
x/
Noun, Verb
desist
x/
Verb
destination
xx/x
Noun
destruction
x/x
Noun
die hard
//
Phrase, Verb
direction
x/x
Noun
disappear
xx/
Verb
disappearance
xx/x
Noun
discontinuance
xx/xx
Noun
discontinuation
xxxx/x
Noun
dispel
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Verb, Noun
dissolve
x/
Verb, Noun
doom
/
Noun, Verb
down
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
downstream
//
Adverb, Adjective, Verb
duan
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Name
dying
/x
Adjective, Noun
edge
/
Noun, Verb
effects
x/
Verb
effort
/x
Noun, Verb
elapse
x/
Verb
eliminate
x/xx
Verb
elimination
xxx/x
Noun
enable
x/x
Verb
end up
//
Phrase, Verb
endeavour
x/x
Noun, Verb
endgame
/x
Noun, Adjective
endpoints
/x
Noun
ends
/
Noun
ensure
x/
Verb
ent
/
Noun, Verb
entrance
/x
Noun, Verb
epilogue
/xx
Noun, Verb
eradicate
x/xx
Verb
eventual
x/xx
Adjective
exit
/x
Noun, Verb
expiration
xx/x
Noun
expires
x/x
Verb
expiry
x/x
Noun
expression
x/x
Noun
extent
x/
Noun, Adjective
extinguish
x/x
Verb
extreme
x/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
extremity
x/xx
Noun
eyes
/
Noun
fact
/
Noun
far
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
fee
/
Noun, Verb
feel
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
fences
/x
Adverb
fetch up
//
Phrase, Verb
fin
/
Noun, Verb
finale
x/x
Noun
finality
x/xx
Noun
finalization
/xx/x
Noun
finals
/x
Noun
fines
/
Noun