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Meaning of come to grief | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

To suffer a disastrous outcome.

idiomatic

Equivalents

Examples

“J. R. R. Tolkien These elves and half-elves and wizards, they would come to grief perhaps.”
Immediately beyond Churn Lane the climb begins at 1 in 78, steepening to 1 in 66. Speed soon falls and a number of heavy hop-pickers' specials have come to grief here.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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