come to grief

This made it almost certain that they would come to grief.

It was on the rock of local feeling that the King's plan came to grief.

What I'm really concerned about is if you come to grief on this mission.

Taken together, they help to explain why the student movement came to grief.

Just about everyone came to grief in the end, including a few who thought they were going to save the Tower.

He is also the one character who comes to grief.

You have come to grief, certainly, but a murder charge?

But without any light they would soon have come to grief.

It is a tragedy for all the young women who come to grief.

Some came to grief but many made a go of it.