come to a sticky end (English, verb)
expansion: 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)
Senses:
glosses: To die unpleasantly due to one's actions.
tags: British
idiomatic
Forms:
form: comes to a sticky end
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: coming to a sticky end
tags: participle
present
form: came to a sticky end
tags: past
form: come to a sticky end
tags: participle
past
form: meet a sticky end
tags: alternative