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cropper

noun
🔊/ˈkrɒpə(r)/
🔊/ˈkrɑːpər/
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come a cropper (British English, informal)
  1. (of a person人) to fall over跌倒；摔倒；栽跟头
    • He came a cropper on the ski slopes.他在滑雪道上猛地摔了一跤。
  2. to have a failure or near disaster失败；惨败
    • We nearly came a cropper in the second half of the game.在比赛的下半场我们差一点就输掉了。🔊🔊
    Topics Difficulty and failurec2