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
To shrink from discussion would be to confess weakness; to suffer themselves to be worsted in discussion would be seriously to imperil their power.
From Congressional Government A Study in American Politics by Woodrow Wilson
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
But in the engagement the dragon shall be worsted, and oppressed by the wickedness of the conqueror.
From Old English Chronicles by Various
An Englishman ought not to underrate their talents in this particular, or he will probably be worsted in an encounter of words.
From Sporting Scenes amongst the Kaffirs of South Africa by A. W. (Alfred Wilks) Drayson
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