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
How certain to be worsted in an argument with an accomplished naturalist who is a sceptic!
From The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences by Edward Hitchcock
God is love, God is our Father, we are His children; therefore the darkest clouds will break, and though right be worsted, wrong shall not triumph.
From The Optimist's Good Morning by Florence Hobart Perin
She has tact to avoid the conflict in which she would be worsted.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 92, June, 1865 by Various
The fiery outburst of the young girl startled Clayton, who realized that in an argument on this theme he was likely to be worsted.
From A Star for a Night A Story of Stage Life by Elsie Janis
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