Sentence examples for come a cropper from inspiring English sources

Idiom

Come a cropper.

(UK) Someone whose actions or lifestyle will inevitably result in trouble is going to come a cropper.

Dictionary

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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