a-defeat

Definition of a-defeat in English English dictionary
defeat: To overcome in battle or contest
defeat: The act of defeating or being defeated
defeat: To destroy, ruin, undo, lay waste to
snatch defeat from the jaws of victory: To suddenly lose a contest through reversal of fortune, mistakes, or bad judgment. The meaning is analogous to the idiomatic phrase "blow it"
since the fall of communism, the West has managed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, and with disastrous results.
snatch victory from the jaws of defeat: To suddenly win a contest when it appears that loss is a foregone conclusion, to succeed in an endeavor through reversal of fortune, skill, effort, or good judgment
defeat: If you defeat someone, you win a victory over them in a battle, game, or contest. His guerrillas defeated the colonial army in 1954 = beat
defeat: {v} to overthrow, rout, destroy, disappoint
defeat: {n} an overthrow, deprivation, destruction
be dealt a disappointing defeat: suffer a frustrating defeat
crushing defeat: major defeat, defeat by a large margin
defeat: An overthrow, as of an army in battle; loss of a battle; repulse suffered; discomfiture; opposed to victory
defeat: (n ) dormad, dohrmahdh
defeat: {i} act of winning or overcoming; overthrow; instance of being defeated, loss; failure
defeat: If a proposal or motion in a debate is defeated, more people vote against it than for it. The proposal was defeated by just one vote
defeat: To undo; to disfigure; to destroy
defeat: To render null and void, as a title; to frustrate, as hope; to deprive, as of an estate
defeat: To overcome or vanquish, as an army; to check, disperse, or ruin by victory; to overthrow
defeat: An undoing or annulling; destruction
defeat: To resist with success; as, to defeat an assault
defeat: Frustration by rendering null and void, or by prevention of success; as, the defeat of a plan or design
defeat: {f} overcome, beat; frustrate
defeat: To defeat an action or plan means to cause it to fail. The navy played a limited but significant role in defeating the rebellion = thwart
defeat: win a victory over; "You must overcome all difficulties"; "defeat your enemies"; "He overcame his shyness"; "She conquered here fear of mice"; "He overcame his infirmity"; "Her anger got the better of her and she blew up"
defeat: the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals
defeat: thwart the passage of; "kill a motion"; "he shot down the student's proposal"
defeat: 1 door closed for you to find a better one, 2 need to rethink plan, life, path taken
defeat: prevent declarer from taking the number of tricks required by his contract; set
defeat: Defeat is the experience of being beaten in a battle, game, or contest, or of failing to achieve what you wanted to. The most important thing is not to admit defeat until you really have to The vote is seen as a defeat for the anti-abortion lobby
defeat: If a task or a problem defeats you, it is so difficult that you cannot do it or solve it. There were times when the challenges of writing such a huge novel almost defeated her
defeat: an unsuccessful ending
defeat a bill: vote down a proposed law, cause a bill to fail
defeat a motion: vote down a formal proposal, cause a formal proposal to fail
defeat the enemy: beat the enemy, conquer the adversary, overcome one's foe
defeat the purpose: make the wanted result less possible, fail the objective
recover from a defeat: recuperate from a loss
self-inflicted defeat: causing one's own defeat, causing oneself to be beaten
suffered defeat: lost, was beaten, was subdued by the enemy
total defeat: absolute downfall, total failure