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
She was a lady stronger than her husband;—stronger in this, that she never allowed herself to be worsted in any encounter.
From Marion Fay by Anthony Trollope
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
She would be worsted in the end, so she went reluctantly.
From In Wild Rose Time by Amanda M. Douglas
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
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