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take a beating

  • as inlose
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Synonyms for take a beating

verb be defeated
  • decline
  • drop
  • fall
  • miss
  • succumb
  • yield
  • be humbled
  • be outdistanced
  • be sunk
  • be taken to cleaners
  • be the loser
  • be worsted
  • come up short
  • drop a bundle
  • kiss goodbye
  • lose out
  • suffer defeat
  • take a beating
  • take the count
  • take the heat

Antonyms for take a beating

  • ascend
  • go up
  • rise
  • achieve
  • confront
  • face
  • hold on to
  • keep
  • maintain
  • meet
  • succeed
  • win
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

More words related to take a beating

lose

verb. be defeated

loses

verb. be defeated
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.