How to pronounce “meet a sticky end”

Meaning

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

Practice Nearby Words

come to a sticky end, pass the river, get one's fingers burnt, string up, come a cropper, come unstuck, stick in someone's gullet, bite the big one, eat it, pass in one's checks, go up in flames, stumble against, linger out, cross the styx, go belly-up, feel the heat, stew, stick in someone's craw, hit a snag, step on a rake, stick one's foot in it, go to the scaffold, burn one's fingers, stive, catch one's death, go through hell, stickle, paint oneself into a corner, suck the mop, cash in, pay dearly, sit through, stumble upon, walk into, live on the edge, dig oneself in a hole, hop the twig, slip the cable, lick the dust, slip one's wind, catch the bus, bump into, reap the whirlwind, tuck up, turn up one's toes, stick out, stumble on, catch, kick the bucket, stake one's life, kick, tumble on, stick it out, get on someone's wick, bite it, sling one's hook, find oneself, die on one's arse, stog, come to the scratch, play with fire, go down like a sack of potatoes, come to a head, run into the ground, have a tiger by the tail, wind up one's bottoms, beat with the ugly stick, stick down, bite the biscuit, go up in smoke, fight for one's life, cross over, cross someone's path, run up against, get between, get stuck into, beef, rope's-end, edge, tempt fate, stick one's neck out, stick, run over, pay the piper, rear one's head, limp, have one foot in the grave, pit out, go out with a bang, pay the fiddler, hang by a hair, grasp the nettle, come to a boil, go hang, haul one's ashes, take a ride to tyburn, dig oneself into a hole, eat someone alive, wrap one's head around, come a gutser

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