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Suffer a bad defeat; fall heavily (4,1,7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

come a cropper

(Other definitions for come a cropper that I've seen before include "Suffer a defeat" , "Fall heavily and unexpectedly" , "Fail badly" , "Fail spectacularly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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