How to pronounce “come to a sticky end”

Meaning

• [Verb]
• (idiomatic, British) To die unpleasantly due to one's actions.

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meet a sticky end, come a cropper, pass the river, string up, get one's fingers burnt, come unstuck, linger out, go up in flames, stick in someone's gullet, paint oneself into a corner, reap the whirlwind, come to a head, bite the big one, cash in, go belly-up, have a tiger by the tail, pass in one's checks, burn one's fingers, live on the edge, cross the styx, dig oneself in a hole, come to a boil, pay dearly, fight for one's life, eat it, stick in someone's craw, stick out, stick it out, wind up one's bottoms, have the tiger by the tail, singe one's wings, go to the scaffold, slip one's wind, go left, stick one's foot in it, hang by a hair, suck the mop, go through hell, turn up one's toes, sling one's hook, get one's shorts in a knot, stick one's neck out, get on someone's wick, have one foot in the grave, die on one's arse, stake one's life, go out with a bang, pay the piper, hop the twig, dig oneself into a hole, tuck up, play with fire, come back to bite, tempt fate, catch one's death, cross over, get between, step on a rake, walk into, get into trouble, drag on, sit through, rope's-end, hang by a thread, pay the fiddler, go down like a sack of potatoes, edge, slip the cable, run into the ground, hit a snag, fall between two stools, spin one's wheels, go awry, take the fall, bite it, kick the bucket, catch the bus, kick, twist the knife, stickle, rope, fall into a trap, get one's, go to the mat, bite the biscuit, toboggan, stive, get one's undies in a bundle, grasp the nettle, be riding for a fall, catch, stew, lick the dust, buy it, spill over, run afoul, come back to haunt, go west, stick one's oar in, find oneself

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