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

In the struggle which must come, simple Gabrielle would be worsted.

From The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France by Wingfield, Lewis

O shame to Britain, and the British name, Shame damps my heart, and I must die with shame— Thus to be worsted, thus disgraced and beat!—

From The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume I (of III) by Freneau, Philip

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

We have been beaten in an election, but I don't think we ought to be worsted in a struggle of generosity and good feeling.

From The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II) by Lever, Charles James