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went a cropper

went a cropper is the simple past 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 went a cropper

What is went a cropper the simple past of?
Went a cropper is the simple past of go a cropper.

Words near went a cropper in the dictionary

  1. Wenstrom
  2. Wenstroms
  3. Wensu
  4. Wensum
  5. went
  6. went a cropper
  7. went a long way
  8. went a mucker
  9. went a raker
  10. went about
  11. went about one's business

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