go a cropper

go a cropper (third-person singular simple present goes a cropper, present participle going a cropper, simple past went a cropper, past participle gone a cropper)

1. Synonym of come a cropper
   • 1894, Ernest Glanville, A Fair Colonist, page 218:

     I went a cropper on the turf, as a good many better men than myself have gone before.