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came a cropper
phrase
past tense of come a cropper
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1
to be unsuccessful
- To her disappointment, her plan came a cropper.
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2
to go wrong
- He tried to scale the fence but came a cropper.
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- broke down,
- busted
- (also bust),
- conked (out),
- crashed,
- died,
- failed,
- foundered,
- stalled
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