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Come to Grief (To)

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To fail, to prove a failure, as, “the undertaking (or company) came to grief,” i.e. to a grievous end.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Come Of
Come Off (To)
Come On!
Come Out
Come Over One (To)
Come Round
Come Short (To)
Come That
Come the Religious Dodge (To)
Come to
Come to Grief (To)
Come to Hand (It has)
Come to Pass (To)
Come to an End
Come to the Hammer
Come to the Heath
Come to the Point
Come to the Scratch
Come to the Worst
Come Under (To)
Come Up