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goes a cropper

goes a cropper is the third-person singular simple present indicative of go a cropper.

Meaning of go 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

Questions about goes a cropper

What is goes a cropper the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Goes a cropper is the third-person singular simple present indicative of go a cropper.

Words near goes a cropper in the dictionary

  1. Goertz
  2. Goertzen
  3. Goertzens
  4. Goertzes
  5. goes
  6. goes a cropper
  7. goes a long way
  8. goes a mucker
  9. goes a raker
  10. goes about
  11. goes about one's business

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