crapping out
Giving up unexpectedly
Crapping out means failing, breaking down, or giving up at a critical moment.
The phrase comes from craps, where rolling a two, three, or twelve on the first throw loses the game.
Equipment craps out when it stops working: The engine crapped out on the highway.
A person craps out by quitting or collapsing under pressure: Don't crap out on me now.
- dice rollThrowing numbered cubes
- rollList of names
- diceMarked cubes for chance
- failBe unsuccessful
- lossBeing without something
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crapping outfunctioning
Working as intended
operating · holding up · keeping going · firing on all cylinders · purring
crapping outhitting the jackpot
succeeding · coming through · paying off · striking gold · triumphing
crapping outpersevering
Maintaining effort despite difficulty
pushing through · holding on · keeping going · hanging in there · soldiering on
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