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meet a sticky end

meet a sticky end verb: to die unpleasantly due to one's actions.

Verb

meet a sticky end (third-person singular simple present meets a sticky end, present participle meeting a sticky end, simple past and past participle met a sticky end)

  1. (UK, idiomatic) To die unpleasantly due to one's actions.

Forms of meet a sticky end

third-person singular presentmeets a sticky end
present participlemeeting a sticky end
past participlemet a sticky end
pastmet a sticky end
alternative formcome to a sticky end

Questions about meet a sticky end

What does meet a sticky end mean?
Meet a sticky end means to die unpleasantly due to one's actions.
What part of speech is meet a sticky end?
Meet a sticky end is a verb.
What is the past tense of meet a sticky end?
The past tense of meet a sticky end is met a sticky end.

Words near meet a sticky end in the dictionary

  1. meesses
  2. meester
  3. meesters
  4. meesua
  5. meet
  6. meet a sticky end
  7. meet and greet
  8. meet and greets
  9. meet cute
  10. meet cutes
  11. meet halfway

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