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
There followed a certain amount of bickering, during which the general allowed himself to be worsted.
From The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure by Rex Ellingwood Beach
According to Mill, we are little self-dependent gods, fighting with a malignant and murderous power called Nature, sure, one would think, to be worsted in the struggle.
From The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 by Various
The aim seems to be to put Sigel and his purposely-reduced and disorganized forces in such a condition and position that he may be worsted or destroyed by the enemy.
From Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 by Adam G. de Gurowski, Count
That would inevitably mean direct conflict in which she was sure to be worsted.
From A Woman's Burden by Fergus Hume
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