go down to defeat

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: to fail or lose : to be defeated
The bill went down to defeat in the House.

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Taylor Swift spent the game in a box with the Haim sisters and Ice Spice, loyally watching her team go down to defeat, in a down-home Daisy Dukes outfit. — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 10 Feb. 2025 None of this precludes further developments that could lead another nominee to withdraw due to controversy or scandal, or that one nominee could go down to defeat on the Senate floor — something that hasn't happened since 1989. — Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 19 Dec. 2024

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“Go down to defeat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/go%20down%20to%20defeat. Accessed 30 Mar. 2025.

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