cropper

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Reading the first few sentences of your letter, one thing was obvious: You and your sister would come a cropper on the subject of the fair market value of this house.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 19, 2026

And countless analyses have described how much the stock market’s advance owes to the AI-driven gains of the technology megacap names, and how much it will hurt if it comes a cropper.

From Barron's • Oct. 17, 2025

He again came a cropper at BBC GLR after saying there would be dancing in the streets when Margaret Thatcher resigned as prime minister in 1991.

From BBC • Dec. 31, 2024

They called themselves “Luddites”, a whimsical reference to a folktale about a young cropper who, when beaten by his master, retaliated by destroying his frame.

From The Guardian • Jun. 22, 2019

"I think I'd better do that part of it, Grandmamma. You might come a cropper."

From "The Witches" by Roald Dahl