- unstuck, come
- Go wrong.
A concise dictionary of English slang (2nd edition) . Brian Phythian. 2015.
unstuck, come
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come unglued — [v] go to pieces break down, come apart at the seams*, come unstuck, come unwrapped, disintegrate, fall apart, fall to bits*, fall to pieces*, malfunction; concepts 252,469 … New thesaurus
come to grief — FAIL, meet with disaster, miscarry, go wrong, go awry, fall through, fall flat, founder, come to nothing, come to naught; informal come unstuck, come a cropper, flop, go phut; Brit. informal go pear shaped. → grief … Useful english dictionary
come undone — ● come * * * come undone/untied/unstuck/etc phrase to become undone untied unstuck etc Be careful! Your shoelaces have come undone. Th … Useful english dictionary
come (or get) unstuck — informal fail. → unstuck … English new terms dictionary
come untied — come undone/untied/unstuck/etc phrase to become undone untied unstuck etc Be careful! Your shoelaces have come undone. Thesaurus: to unfasten, or to come unfastenedsynonym … Useful english dictionary
unstuck — [unstuk′] vt. pt. & pp. of UNSTICK adj. loosened or freed from being stuck come unstuck Informal to fail, go wrong, break down, etc … English World dictionary
come unstuck — ► come unstuck informal fail. Main Entry: ↑unstick … English terms dictionary
unstuck — [[t]ʌnstʌ̱k[/t]] 1) PHRASE: V inflects If something comes unstuck, it becomes separated from the thing that it was attached to. The brown vinyl covering all the horizontal surfaces is coming unstuck in several places. 2) PHRASE: V inflects To… … English dictionary
unstuck — adj. ruined (slang) to come unstuck (the whole scheme came unstuck) * * * [ʌn stʌk] [ ruined ] (slang) to come unstuck (the whole scheme came unstuck) … Combinatory dictionary
unstuck — un|stuck [ˌʌnˈstʌk] adj come unstuck a) BrE informal if a person, plan, or system comes unstuck, they fail at what they were trying to achieve ▪ a dangerous area of rock where many climbers come unstuck b) if something comes unstuck, it becomes… … Dictionary of contemporary English
