come to a sticky end
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come to a sticky end (third-person singular simple present comes to a sticky end, present participle coming to a sticky end, simple past came to a sticky end, past participle come to a sticky end)
- (idiomatic, British) To die unpleasantly due to one's actions.
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- “come to a sticky end”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.