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"come unstuck" is an acceptable phrase in written English.
It can be used to refer to a situation or plan that fails or does not work out as expected. For example: The teacher's plan to motivate the students quickly came unstuck when they refused to listen.
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come unstuck
verb
To get into trouble, to have an accident or mishap, to go off the rails.
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Here things come unstuck.
You come unstuck.
Least likely to: Come unstuck.
That's when you will come unstuck.
Could Labour come unstuck in the East End?
Tyson was a bully and, like all bullies, it was inevitable that he would come unstuck.
That plan will come unstuck if they do not beat Brazil in Cardiff this evening.
The deal could come unstuck, to his advantage, on antitrust grounds.
While some of the smaller retailers might go bust, the big guys won't come unstuck.
Some, financed by cheap debt during the bubble, will probably come unstuck.
Does Kripke's mechanism offer any sort of guarantee that glue will not come unstuck?
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