see how the cookie crumbles

verb

To see how things turn out; to discover how events unfold.

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Meanings

verbsee how the cookie crumbles (third-person singular simple present sees how the cookie crumbles, present participle seeing how the cookie crumbles, simple past saw how the cookie crumbled, past participle seen how the cookie crumbles)

present singular third person sees how the cookie crumbles · participle present seeing how the cookie crumbles · past saw how the cookie crumbled · participle past seen how the cookie crumbles · alternative see which way the cookie crumbles

  1. To see how things turn out; to discover how events unfold.
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APA

see how the cookie crumbles. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/see%20how%20the%20cookie%20crumbles

MLA

“see how the cookie crumbles.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/see%20how%20the%20cookie%20crumbles. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “see how the cookie crumbles,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/see%20how%20the%20cookie%20crumbles.

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