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What is another word for come to a sticky end?

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To have a disastrous outcome
come to grief
fail
collapse
flop
miscarry
founder
bomb
fold
tank
fizzle
fall through
fall flat
break down
go wrong
come to nothing
be frustrated
fizzle out
go awry
meet with disaster
come a cropper
fall short
come to naught
come unstuck
bite the dust
go pear-shaped
go phut
go up in smoke
meet with failure
go down like a lead balloon
go to the wall
go on the rocks
come to a bad end
be unsuccessful
misfire
abort
not succeed
backfire
miss the mark
be in vain
run aground
go astray
be defeated
lack success
flounder
crater
flatline
suffer defeat
not come up to scratch
flame out
flunk
miss
strike out
be ruined
wash out
come apart at the seams
turn out badly
go down
go amiss
terminate
come to a halt
not work
go belly-up
end
be found lacking
disintegrate
boomerang
fall
rebound
go adrift
go off course
be found wanting
come apart
slip
unravel
go badly
be a failure
fall apart
screw up
go downhill
come unglued
fluff
fall by the wayside
be demoted
be found deficient
flummox
nosedive
blunder
miss the boat
hit the skids
wallow
go haywire
miss the target
go to pieces
languish
flag
foul up
trip up
slip up
fail to happen
grind to a halt
not come off
lose
fail miserably
sink without trace
go out of business
blow it
bomb out
disappoint
do something badly
crash
close
lose money
bellyflop
be a disappointment
be a disaster
recoil
decline
hit bottom
lose status
deteriorate
play into
lose out
go down swinging
backslide
be abortive
back wrong horse
lose control
miss fire
gang agley
fall to pieces
crumble
come undone
go to ruin
come unwrapped
yield
give
crumple
buckle
fall flat on your face
not pass
lay an egg
be rejected
underperform
hit rock bottom
blow up in someone's face
go by the board
go down the toilet
not pass muster
cave in
not make the grade
not come up to the mark
underachieve
bust
go belly up
drop
go bust
go bump
drop out
break
bungle
dissatisfy
fall short of
bring to naught
not show
fall short of expectations
fall down
go over like a lead balloon
end in defeat
be a fiasco
end in disappointment
ploughUK
plowUS
abate
degenerate
decrease
diminish
backlash
weaken
wither
ricochet
free-fall
plummet
self-destruct
dwindle
have an adverse effect
spring back
be counterproductive
not go as planned
be self-defeating
have unwelcome repercussions for
bounce back
redound on
cause one to be hoist with one's own petard
come back
wane
be deficient
fall away
die down
drop off
be wanting
be insufficient
die out
die away
not come to ripeness
be lacking
be inadequate
“I'm not sure the cuneiform curse – which says that anyone who removes it from its original site will come to a sticky end – has put off the British Museum.”
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