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come unstuck |
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come unstuck (British & Australian) if a person or something they are trying to achieve comes unstuck, they have problems which cause them to fail Athletes who don't prepare properly for the humid conditions will certainly come unstuck. The negotiations came unstuck over disagreements about the wording. See also: come come unstuck to start to fail after some progress had been achieved His plans for the company came unstuck when there wasn't enough money to buy new machinery. Their deal seems to have come unstuck. See also: come How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Yes, it really is that Lewis and Clark who have come unstuck in time and location to end up passing through various American campaigns. If he did, his own supremely privileged moment, that moment of death, suspended in 1968, would come unstuck. It is not, however, over-ambition that causes Terry to come unstuck but rather her openly presentist view of historical method which she proudly and pompously displays in her introduction. |
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