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