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be worsted

VERB
lose
Synonyms
STRONGEST
decline drop fall
STRONG
miss succumb yield
WEAK
be humbled be outdistanced be sunk be taken to cleaners be the loser come up short drop a bundle kiss goodbye lose out suffer defeat take a beating take the count take the heat
Antonyms
STRONGEST
ascend go up rise
WEAK
achieve confront face hold on to keep maintain meet succeed win

Example Sentences

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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

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

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 Pollock, Frank Lillie

I have been paying more attention to these things of late, and I feel that in the end we shall be worsted.

From A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia by Douglas, Amanda Minnie

“Well, lad, mainly that Jonas Harding, who was as quick on the trail and as good a woodsman as myself, should be worsted by a mad buck; it seems downright impossible, Nuck.”

From With Ethan Allen at Ticonderoga by Foster, W. Bertram