comes a cropper
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as in fails
to be unsuccessful
To her disappointment, her plan came a cropper.
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as in falls short
to go wrong
He tried to scale the fence but came a cropper.
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But development partners for the women’s soccer team say the private group — not the city — would be on the hook if expected tax revenue falls short of paying off the bond.
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While there may be demand in other countries for its chips, China's production capacity for advanced chips still falls short of demand at home.
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The Song of Ice and Fire, passed down from one Targaryen king to another all these years, falls flat here.
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“Comes a cropper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comes%20a%20cropper. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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