to come to grief
11come to grief — If someone or something comes to grief, they either have an accident, are destroyed or end in failure. Their plans for a golf course came to grief when it was decided to build a motorway …
12come to grief — phrasal to encounter misfortune (as calamity, defeat, or ruin) < his campaign came to grief > …
13come to grief — have an accident; meet with disaster. → grief …
14come to grief — to end badly. His career as a lawyer came to grief after he became involved with gamblers …
15come to grief — (Colloq.) 1. Fail, result disastrously. 2. Be ruined, meet with disaster, come to a bad end …
16come to grief — meet with disaster; be unsuccessful; fail …
17come to grief — idi to suffer misfortune …
18come to grief — Fail badly. Meet with disaster …
19grief — [gri:f] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: gref, from Latin gravis; GRAVE1] 1.) [U] extreme sadness, especially because someone you love has died grief over/at ▪ The grief she felt over Helen s death was almost unbearable. with grief ▪… …
20Come — Come, v. i. [imp. {Came}; p. p. {Come}; p. pr & vb. n. {Coming}.] [OE. cumen, comen, AS. cuman; akin to OS.kuman, D. komen, OHG. queman, G. kommen, Icel. koma, Sw. komma, Dan. komme, Goth. giman, L. venire (gvenire), Gr. ? to go, Skr. gam.… …