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suffer defeat(verb, expression, drop, decline, reduce)
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take a beating(verb, expression, idiom, drop, decline)
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take the count(verb, expression, idiom, drop, decline)
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take the heat(verb, expression, idiom, drop, decline)
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topple(verb, drop, fall, fail, lose)
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tumble(verb, drop, fall, fail, lose)
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yield
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admit defeat
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aground
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backfire(fail, founder)
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be bested
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be captured
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be cleaned out(verb, fall, bomb, flop, nose-dive)
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be destroyed
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be in arrears(verb, fall, bomb, flop, nose-dive)
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be lost
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be overcome
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be overthrown
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be taken
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be taken to the cleaners(verb, fall, bomb, flop, nose-dive)
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