come to grief
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come to grief
verb comes to grief · coming to grief · came to grief · come to grief
- To suffer a disastrous outcome. J. R. R. Tolkien These elves and half-elves and wizards, they would come to grief perhaps.
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verb to have a disastrous outcome
| Français | exploser en vol |
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Talk about this word "come to grief." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/come%20to%20grief. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026. come to grief. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/come%20to%20grief "come to grief." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/come%20to%20grief.Cite this
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