come a cropper
Take a tumble
To come a cropper is to fail badly or suffer a sudden misfortune.
The phrase originated in horsemanship—a cropper was a heavy fall from a horse.
Now it applies to any spectacular failure: The startup came a cropper when funding dried up.
More common in British than American English.
fiasco
Humiliating public failure
mishap · misstep · botch · bungle · collapse · ruin · setback · downfall · bankruptcy · implode
tumble
Uncontrolled rolling descent
topple · spill · plunge · nosedive · crash · unseated · thrown · dismount · somersault · lurch
come a croppersucceed
Achieve a desired aim
triumph · prosper · hit the jackpot · strike gold · come out on top
come a cropperland on one's feet
Recover despite adversity
sail through · breeze through · stick the landing · walk away clean · pull through
come, crop, coming, crops, comes, cropped, cropping, cropper, cropland