(originally) To fall headlong from a horse.
She came a cropper on the stairs and broke her leg.
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(British, idiomatic) To suffer some accident or misfortune; to fail.
I should feel certain that I should come a cropper, but still I'd try it. As you say, a fellow should try.
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(informal) To die.
We are accustomed to seeing Morphy conquer brilliantly against great odds; but this time he comes a cropper.
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