Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

come to grief

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.07 in modern English

Syllables
come -to -grief
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To suffer a disastrous outcome.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

comes to grief (present, singular) coming to grief (participle, present) came to grief (past)

Questions

What does come to grief mean?
To suffer a disastrous outcome.

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