cropper

/ˈkrɒpər/ noun

Translation

come a cropper › to fall over

devrilmek, yıkılmak, çökmek, düşmek

The horse came a cropper at the first fence.1601 › to fail in an embarrassing way, or to make an embarrassing mistake

baltayı taşa vurmak, mahcup olmak, (argo) çuvallamak,başarısızlığa uğramak

He came a cropper because he'd forgotten to bring the notes for his speech.1852

(Definition of cropper noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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