come a cropper

English - Turkish

Definition of come a cropper in English Turkish dictionary

baş aşağı gitmek

naneyi yemek

(deyim) başarısızlığa veya şanssızlığa uğramak

bozguna uğramak

başarısızlığa uğramak

English - English

Definition of come a cropper in English English dictionary

To suffer some misfortune; to fail

You couldn't help feeling he'd be caught out one day, and then what an almighty cropper he'd come!.

To fall headlong from a horse

Hyphenation

come a crop·per

Turkish pronunciation

kʌm ı kräpır

Synonyms

be felled, fail heavily, fail miserably, run aground, suffer a misfortune, utterly fail

Pronunciation

/ˈkəm ə ˈkräpər/ /ˈkʌm ə ˈkrɑːpɜr/

Etymology

[ 'k&m ] (verb.) before 12th century. * Possibly from the phrase neck and crop, in which crop may refer to the backside of a horse.