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comes to grief

comes to grief is the third-person singular simple present indicative of come to grief.

Meaning of come to grief

Verb

come to grief (third-person singular simple present comes to grief, present participle coming to grief, simple past came to grief, past participle come to grief)

  1. (idiomatic) To suffer a disastrous outcome.
    • J. R. R. Tolkien
      These elves and half-elves and wizards, they would come to grief perhaps.

Questions about comes to grief

What is comes to grief the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Comes to grief is the third-person singular simple present indicative of come to grief.

Words near comes to grief in the dictionary

  1. comes to bat
  2. comes to be
  3. comes to bed
  4. comes to blows
  5. comes to fruition
  6. comes to grief
  7. comes to grips with
  8. comes to Jesus
  9. comes to life
  10. comes to light
  11. comes to mind

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