split on a rock

English

Verb

split on a rock (third-person singular simple present splits on a rock, present participle splitting on a rock, simple past and past participle split on a rock)

1. (archaic, idiomatic) To completely fail in one's attempt

References

• “split”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.