1. To fall off your horse. John's horse stumbled, and John came a cropper. 2. To fail. Mr. Brown did not have enough money to put into his business and it soon came a cropper. Compare: RIDING FOR A FALL.
cropper
cropper come a cropper Informal 1) to fall heavily or headlong 2) to come to ruin; fail
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