come to grief
to fail, or to be harmed or destroyed in an accident

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come to grief
to end badly.
His career as a lawyer came to grief after he became involved with gamblers.

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come to grief
to have a bad accident or disappointment
The man has recently come to much grief because of his son's problems with the police.

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come to grief
v. phr. To have a bad accident or disappointment; meet trouble or ruin; end badly; wreck; fail.
Bill came to grief learning to drive a car.
Nick's hopes for a new house came to grief when the house he was building burned down.
The fishing boat came to grief off Cape Cod.

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