be worsted
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But to Propagandist Franklin-Bouillion logic is something which can always be worsted by appeals to passion.
From Time Magazine Archive
They were sure Erkki, too, would be worsted, but he wasn’t.
From Mighty Mikko A Book of Finnish Fairy Tales and Folk Tales by Parker Fillmore
I have been paying more attention to these things of late, and I feel that in the end we shall be worsted.
From A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia by Amanda Minnie Douglas
If it came to a duel between the two, she found it easier to believe that Hefferom would be worsted.
From The Golden Web by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
Unless he grappled with the situation without delay, he would assuredly be worsted.
From The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France by Lewis Wingfield
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