meet a sticky end

English

Alternative forms

come to a sticky end

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meet a sticky end (third-person singular simple present meets a sticky end, present participle meeting a sticky end, simple past and past participle met a sticky end)

(idiomatic, Britain) To die unpleasantly due to one's actions.

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