come up with snake eyes

verb

To fail to come up with anything; to get nowhere.

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Meanings

verbcome up with snake eyes (third-person singular simple present comes up with snake eyes, present participle coming up with snake eyes, simple past came up with snake eyes, past participle come up with snake eyes)

present singular third person comes up with snake eyes · participle present coming up with snake eyes · past came up with snake eyes · alternative come up snake eyes

  1. idiomaticslangTo fail to come up with anything; to get nowhere.

Origin

From come up with + snake eyes (“a pair of dice showing a value of 1, a losing roll in many dice games”).

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APA

come up with snake eyes. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/come%20up%20with%20snake%20eyes

MLA

“come up with snake eyes.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/come%20up%20with%20snake%20eyes. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “come up with snake eyes,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/come%20up%20with%20snake%20eyes.

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