- come unstuck
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To get into trouble, to have an accident or mishap, to go off the rails.
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come unstuck — ► come unstuck informal fail. Main Entry: ↑unstick … English terms dictionary
come unstuck — British & Australian if a person or something they are trying to achieve comes unstuck, they have problems which cause them to fail. Athletes who don t prepare properly for the humid conditions will certainly come unstuck. The negotiations came… … New idioms dictionary
come unstuck — 1) informal if something such as a plan or system comes unstuck, it fails This point in the process is where we came unstuck. 2) if something comes unstuck, it becomes separated from something that it was stuck to … English dictionary
come unstuck — break down, fall apart (e.g., It is so unfortunate, their marriage came unstuck after only a year and a half ) … English contemporary dictionary
come unstuck — … Useful english dictionary
become/come unstuck — 1 : to stop being stuck to something The suction cup came unstuck from the wall. The photograph was becoming unstuck. 2 Brit, informal : to fail Their marriage came unstuck [=(US) came unglued] last summer. • • • … Useful english dictionary
unstuck — [unstuk′] vt. pt. & pp. of UNSTICK adj. loosened or freed from being stuck come unstuck Informal to fail, go wrong, break down, etc … English World dictionary
come unglued — [v] go to pieces break down, come apart at the seams*, come unstuck, come unwrapped, disintegrate, fall apart, fall to bits*, fall to pieces*, malfunction; concepts 252,469 … New thesaurus
unstuck — [[t]ʌnstʌ̱k[/t]] 1) PHRASE: V inflects If something comes unstuck, it becomes separated from the thing that it was attached to. The brown vinyl covering all the horizontal surfaces is coming unstuck in several places. 2) PHRASE: V inflects To… … English dictionary
unstuck — adj. ruined (slang) to come unstuck (the whole scheme came unstuck) * * * [ʌn stʌk] [ ruined ] (slang) to come unstuck (the whole scheme came unstuck) … Combinatory dictionary
