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split on a rock
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1.
British English
General English
literary
nautical
archaic
To be broken, shattered, or wrecked upon rocks, used literally of ships and figuratively of objects that strike rocks and are split apart.
2.
General English
figurative
informal
To suffer sudden ruin, failure, or collapse as the result of encountering an unanticipated obstacle or hazard.
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