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
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
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
That would inevitably mean direct conflict in which she was sure to be worsted.
From A Woman's Burden by Fergus Hume
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
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