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Come a cropper.
(UK) Someone whose actions or lifestyle will inevitably result in trouble is going to come a cropper.
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come a cropper
verb
To fall headlong from a horse.
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Even the best can come a cropper.
Plenty of opportunity to come a cropper.
If you get too excited you can come a cropper.
And their confidence has meant some have come a cropper.
Have you come a cropper dining with a date?
Karl Robinson's men haven't come a cropper too often at home this season.
Sometimes, though, as she admits, you can come a cropper in more staid establishments.
Before long, the rest of ICI was to come a cropper.
It was, perhaps, inevitable that one day they would come a cropper.
Sometimes Mom would come a cropper on the back-road scene.
The hero cops of End of Watch come a cropper through their loyalty to the badge.
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