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be defeated
verb as in fail
Strongest matches
Weak matches
- back wrong horse
- be demoted
- be found lacking
- be in vain
- be ruined
- come to naught
- come to nothing
- fall flat
- fall short
- fall through
- go astray
- go down
- go down swinging
- go downhill
- go up in smoke
- go wrong
- hit bottom
- hit the skids
- lose control
- lose out
- lose status
- meet with disaster
- miss the boat
- play into
- run aground
- turn out badly
verb as in go down
verb as in miscarry
Strongest matches
Weak matches
- back wrong horse
- be demoted
- be found lacking
- be in vain
- be ruined
- break down
- come to naught
- come to nothing
- fall flat
- fall short
- go astray
- go down
- go down swinging
- go downhill
- go up in smoke
- go wrong
- hit bottom
- hit the skids
- lose control
- lose out
- lose status
- meet with disaster
- miss fire
- miss the boat
- miss the mark
- play into
- run aground
- turn out badly
Example Sentences
Conservative MP Danny Kruger, a leading opponent of the legislation, said on Friday that it could be defeated at a later stage if MPs' concerns were not properly addressed.
I think there was a part of me that wanted to believe he would be defeated against all odds, but I knew there was a very real possibility this would happen.
“Trump has to be defeated. And we have to protect the Constitution,” Cowles said.
“Legend of Zelda” games have a convoluted, confusing and often impenetrable lore though the game’s tend to stick to a core formula: A foe, usually the demon Ganon, needs to be defeated and only Link can do so.
When the same questions were put to Badenoch, she said "anyone who's not a Conservative has got to be defeated".
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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