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Meanings of come to grief in English

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Usage of come to grief in English
1
These elves and half-elves and wizards, they would come to grief perhaps.
The lord of the rings
2
We in the boat were aghast; he must have come to grief.
Parkhurst Boys, and Other Stories of School Life
3
The queen saw it gladly, that the Burgundians might come to grief.
The Nibelungenlied
4
In history, good men come to grief sometimes and bad men score.
The Spinners
5
It explains why marriages go to pieces and affairs come to grief.
The Price She Paid
6
Obviously you can give me no help if I come to grief.
Greenmantle
7
She will likely come to grief from some indiscretion on her part.
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted; Or, What's in a Dream / A Scien...
8
He will certainly come to grief if he goes on like this.
The Last Chronicle of Barset
9
He shall not, no, I swear he shall not come to grief.
Nightfall
10
I don't suppose he wants to see his daughter come to grief.
The Prime Minister
11
And here it was the good one that had come to grief!
My Antonia
12
You see, if he don't work now he must come to grief.
Can You Forgive Her?
13
She was a handsome girl, and I'm sorry she's come to grief.
New Chronicles of Rebecca
14
But why not?-whyshouldn't he come to grief like anybody else's son?
A Great Success
15
Another lawyer come to grief, the man your fiancée tried to kill.
Sovereign
16
But without any light they would soon have come to grief.
The lord of the rings
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Come to grief across language varieties
United Kingdom
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United States of America
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