Idiom
come to grief
Meaning
To suffer a disastrous outcome.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“His risky business plan came to grief very quickly.”
“The inexperienced sailors ignored the storm warnings and eventually came to grief on the rocky coastline.”
“The ambitious political movement, once full of promise, ultimately came to grief when its leaders were exposed for corruption.”
Examples
simple
“His risky business plan came to grief very quickly.”
contextual
“The inexperienced sailors ignored the storm warnings and eventually came to grief on the rocky coastline.”
complex
“The ambitious political movement, once full of promise, ultimately came to grief when its leaders were exposed for corruption.”
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