come to a sticky end

English

Alternative forms

meet a sticky end

Pronunciation

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Verb

come to a sticky end (third-person singular simple present comes to a sticky end, present participle coming to a sticky end, simple past came to a sticky end, past participle come to a sticky end)

(idiomatic, British) To die unpleasantly due to one's actions.

References

“come to a sticky end”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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