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go a cropper

go a cropper verb: synonym of come a cropper.

Verb

go a cropper (third-person singular simple present goes a cropper, present participle going a cropper, simple past went a cropper, past participle gone a cropper)

  1. Synonym of come a cropper.
    • I went a cropper on the turf, as a good many better men than myself have gone before.1894, Ernest Glanville, A Fair Colonist, page 218
    Synonyms:
    come a cropper

Synonyms of go a cropper

Forms of go a cropper

third-person singular presentgoes a cropper
present participlegoing a cropper
pastwent a cropper
past participlegone a cropper

Questions about go a cropper

What does go a cropper mean?
Go a cropper means synonym of come a cropper.
What part of speech is go a cropper?
Go a cropper is a verb.
What is the past tense of go a cropper?
The past tense of go a cropper is went a cropper.

Words near go a cropper in the dictionary

  1. GNV
  2. GNVQ
  3. GNVQs
  4. go
  5. go a bundle on
  6. go a cropper
  7. go a long way
  8. go a mucker
  9. go a raker
  10. go a-begging
  11. go about

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