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 would be worsted in the end, so she went reluctantly.
From In Wild Rose Time by Amanda M. Douglas
Now if we turned back and tried to recover our outfit, we should certainly have to fight the trappers, and probably we'd be worsted, for they outmatch us in weapons.
From Northern Diamonds by Frank Lillie Pollock
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
Moreover, Williams Cache, it was conceded, would in the end be worsted if the company and the cowmen together seriously undertook with men and unlimited money to clean it out.
From Whispering Smith by N. C. (Newell Convers) Wyeth
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