Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—C

Come to Grief

(To). To fail, to prove a failure, as, “the undertaking (or company) came to grief,” i.e. to a grievous end.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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