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    [Verb]  | "come" | \ ˈkəm \


    1: to move toward something : approach

    2: to move or journey to a vicinity with a specified purpose

    3: to reach a particular station in a series


    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Middle English, from Old English cuman; akin to Old High German queman to come, Latin venire, Greek bainein to walk, go;

    [Phrase]  | "coming a cropper" 


    1: to be unsuccessful;


      * e.g., " ... To her disappointment, her plan came a cropper. "





    2: to go wrong;


      * e.g., " ... He tried to scale the fence but came a cropper. "



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     [ "come a cropper" ]

    1: To fall over, to have an accident

      * e.g.,  ... Be careful you don't come a cropper on that push bike. 

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