- fall a cropper
- phrasal
: to come a cropper
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
fall a cropper
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cropper — [kräp′ər] n. 1. a person or thing that crops 2. a machine or workman that cuts or shears leather, nap from cloth, etc. 3. a sharecropper 4. a plant that yields a crop 5. [< ? phr. neck and crop] a precipitate fall: now chiefly in COME A… … English World dictionary
Cropper — Crop per (kr?p p?r), n. 1. One that crops. [1913 Webster] 2. A variety of pigeon with a large crop; a pouter. [1913 Webster] 3. (Mech.) A machine for cropping, as for shearing off bolts or rod iron, or for facing cloth. [1913 Webster] 4. A fall… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fall — Synonyms and related words: Niagara, Scotch mist, Waterloo, abate, abatement, ablate, accept, apostasy, ascend, assail, assault, associate with, attack, autumn, backslide, backsliding, bag, bank, bate, be destroyed, be eaten away, be found, be… … Moby Thesaurus
fall — 1. verb 1) bombs began to fall Syn: drop, descend, come down, go down; plummet, plunge, sink, dive, tumble; cascade Ant: rise 2) he tripped and fell … Thesaurus of popular words
fall flat — Synonyms and related words: bomb, break down, capsize, careen, collapse, come a cropper, come to naught, come to nothing, crash, fall, fall dead, fall down, fall headlong, fall in, fall over, fall prostrate, fall short, fall stillborn, fall… … Moby Thesaurus
cropper — noun a) a fall; see come a cropper But to myself I thought: ‘Considering that for eight whole years I sat on the front bench as top of the class while he drifted about somewhere in the middle, he can hardly fail to nourish a wish, left over from… … Wiktionary
cropper — come a cropper BrE informal a) to fail in something, especially unexpectedly: I came a cropper on the last question in the test. b) to accidentally fall onto the ground from a horse or bicycle: Jimmy came a cropper as he turned the corner … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
cropper — n. a crop producing plant of specified quality (a good cropper; a heavy cropper). Phrases and idioms: come a cropper sl. 1 fall heavily. 2 fail badly … Useful english dictionary
cropper — /krop euhr/, n. 1. a person or thing that crops. 2. a person who raises a crop. 3. a person who cultivates land for its owner in return for part of the crop; sharecropper. 4. a plant that furnishes a crop. 5. a cloth shearing machine. 6. come a… … Universalium
cropper — crop|per [ˈkrɔpə US ˈkra:pər] come a cropperBrE informal a) to fail in something, especially unexpectedly ▪ Swedish investors have come a cropper in London. b) to accidentally fall from a horse, bicycle etc ▪ She came a cropper on the ski slopes … Dictionary of contemporary English
