Usually means: Fail or fall apart unexpectedly.
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  1. come unstuck: Merriam-Webster
  2. come unstuck: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. come unstuck: Collins English Dictionary
  4. come unstuck: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. come unstuck: Wiktionary
  6. come unstuck: Dictionary.com
  7. come unstuck: TheFreeDictionary.com
  8. come unstuck: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. come unstuck: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (come unstuck)

▸ verb:  (idiomatic, British) To get into trouble, to have an accident or mishap, to go off the rails.

Similar:
get into trouble, stumble, come a cropper, trip up, crap up, strike, run afoul of, run afoul, go awry, hit a snag, more...

Opposite:
stick, adhere, hold, remain

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Similar:
get into trouble, stumble, come a cropper, trip up, crap up, strike, run afoul of, run afoul, go awry, hit a snag, more...

Opposite:
stick, adhere, hold, remain



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