come to grief

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To have a disastrous outcome

These elves and half-elves and wizards, they would come to grief perhaps. (J.R.R. Tolkien).

meet with disaster; be unsuccessful; fail
come to grief

    Turkish pronunciation

    kʌm tı grif

    Pronunciation

    /ˈkəm tə ˈgrēf/ /ˈkʌm tə ˈɡriːf/

    Etymology

    () From come + to + grief.
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