COME A CROPPER


Meaning of COME A CROPPER in English

( BrE , informal )

1.

( of a person ) to fall over

2.

to have a failure or near disaster :

We nearly came a cropper in the second half of the game.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.