intransitive. To perish; also, to be lost or missing.

intransitive. To be cast down or brought to nothing; to pass out of power or use; esp. (of an empire, government, institution, or leader) to be…

intransitive for reflexive. To perish, come to nought.

intransitive. Of a person, animal, or plant: to suffer a violent, sudden, or untimely death; to die; to be killed.

To go to ruin. Obsolete.

to go to wreche, to go to wrack. rare.

Phrases. to come, gang, go, ride a, the, his, her,etc. gate: see gang, v.1 and go, v. to take (the) gate: to take the road, go away; to follow a…

= loss, n.1 to go to lost: to perish, go to ruin.

intransitive. To come to harm, suffer misfortune, perish; (of a person) to meet with death; (of an inanimate object) to be lost or destroyed. Obsolete…

intransitive. Of a non-material thing: to come to an end, perish, disappear. Obsolete.

In the phrase to bring unto, to fall into, to go, put,or work to wrake.

intransitive. To suffer harm or injury; to meet with misfortune; to come to grief. Obsolete.

intransitive. To be lost, ruined, or destroyed; to perish: = lose, v.1 1.

to go to the devil and variants: to go to ruin, fail completely; to be damned. In the imperative and subjunctive, expressing anger or annoyance, and…

To break forth into sudden activity, or manifestation of an inward force. Of persons: To break out… Const. in, with (a speech, a cry, or other mode…

= untwine, v.

figurative. Destruction, total loss or ruin: often with literal phraseology retained. †to make shipwreck: to come to destruction.

to go to (†the) pot: (originally) †to be cooked or eaten, to be cut in pieces like meat for the pot (obsolete); (now figurative and colloquial) to…

In the phrase to go to wreck (and ruin).

intransitive. = wrack, v.2 4. rare.

intransitive. To undergo ruin or subversion.

to hop (also tip, pitch over, drop off,etc.) the perch and variants (slang): to die.

Of a building, etc.: To be overthrown or fallen; with complement, as to lie in ruins, to lie in the dust. to lie heavy: to be a heavy load upon (li…

intransitive. To suffer injury; = mischieve, v. 3. Obsolete.

Destruction. Chiefly in to go (etc.) to rack (and ruin): to fall into a state of total neglect, disrepair, or ruin.

intransitive. To suffer shipwreck. Also figurative. Obsolete or archaic.

To be killed or destroyed. Obsolete.

intransitive. To become undone, disentangled, or unravelled. Frequently figurative or in extended use.

intransitive. To decrease in number, amount, intensity, or degree; to diminish.

to tip off, also simply to tip, or tip (over) the perch: to die. slang or dialect.

intransitive. to do away with. To put an end to, abolish, get rid of. Also: to remove, take away.

to go to the dickens: to go to ruin; to fail or be ruined completely. Also in constructions with imperative force expressing contemptuous dismissal…

transferred and figurative. To break down, come to nothing, fail; to lose force suddenly.

A heavy fall, a cropper. to come (also go) a mucker: to suffer a serious fall; (figurative) to come to grief, to ruin oneself. Cf. to come a cropper…

intransitive. To come to grief, to fail. Obsolete.

intransitive. colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.). To be brought to ruin or destruction; to be done for; to become bankrupt. Also: to die; to…

to go to squash, to become squashed or ruined.

A state of ruin, a smash. to go (to) stramash: to be ruined.

In slang phrase to go for a burton, (of an airman) to be killed; (of a person or thing) to be missing, ruined, destroyed.

to meet one's Maker: (in extended use) to die; (sometimes humorously, of a thing) to be destroyed.