go a cropper

verb

Synonym of come a cropper.

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Meanings

verbgo 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)

present singular third person goes a cropper · participle present going a cropper · past went a cropper · participle past gone a cropper

  1. Synonym of come a cropper.

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

    1894, Ernest Glanville, A Fair Colonist, page 218

    Synonyms: come a cropper

Synonyms & antonyms

verbSynonym of come a cropper.

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go a cropper. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/go%20a%20cropper

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “go a cropper,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/go%20a%20cropper.

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