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coming to griefphrasepresent participle of come to grief to be unsuccessfulHis plans came to grief after a series of unforseen setbacks. bombing, collapsing, cratering, failing, flaming out, flopping, flunking, folding, foundering, missing, striking out, tanking, washing out floundering, strugglingdeclining, sinking, skidding, slipping, slumping, waningcrashing, crumbling, miscarrying, misfiringgoing underimploding, self-destructing coming a cropper, coming up empty, dying on the vine, falling flat, falling on one's face, falling short, laying an egg clicking, coming off, delivering, going, going over, panning out, succeeding, working out cooking, flourishing, prospering, thrivingprevailing, triumphing, winning to go wrongThe expedition came to grief in the vast frozen expanse. miscarrying, misfiring missingbreaking down, busting, conking (out), crashing, dying, failing, foundering, stallingbombing, fizzling, flaming out, flopping, flunking, folding, washing outfloundering, strugglingdeclining, skidding, slipping, slumping, tanking, waning coming a cropper, falling flat, falling short prevailing, succeedingflourishing, prospering, thriving |