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What is another word for suffers defeat?

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(of a game or contest) To fail to win
loses
capitulates
comes off second-best
fails
falls
succumbs
yields
bows out
cedes
collapses
goes down
keels
loses out
relents
relinquishes
abdicates
admits defeat
backs down
bows
comes to grief
comes up short
defaults
falls short
gets the worst
gives in
goes under
has the worst
lays down arms
takes a licking
throws in the towel
comes a cropper
crashes out
meets one's Waterloo
suffers
takes a beating
drops a bundle
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To fail, especially in spectacular fashion
fails
founders
flops
yields
gives
crumples
falls flat
buckles
falls
collapses
flunks
backfires
bombs
flounders
miscarries
craters
fizzles
misfires
misses
tanks
aborts
flatlines
slips
underperforms
blunders
fluffs
folds
underachieves
falls short
goes belly-up
falls through
fizzles out
flames out
misses the mark
runs aground
screws up
bites the dust
breaks down
comes unstuck
goes down
lacks success
nosedives
strikes out
washes out
comes to naught
comes to nothing
falls by the wayside
goes astray
goes downhill
hits the skids
misses the boat
comes to grief
falls flat on your face
goes by the board
goes pear-shaped
goes up in smoke
hits rock bottom
meets with disaster
turns out badly
comes a cropper
lays an egg
not comes up to scratch
caves in
goes awry
goes down like a lead balloon
comes unglued
goes down the toilet
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Verb
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To surrender to arguments, demands, or pressure
yields
surrenders
submits
capitulates
bows
cedes
relents
succumbs
concedes
quits
breaks
buckles
folds
resigns
budges
abdicates
defers
weakens
gives in
caves in
accepts defeat
concedes defeat
gives up
knuckles under
lays down
admits defeat
backs down
turns in
comes to terms
gives way
turns over
calls it quits
falls victim
gives oneself over
folds up
lays down arms
lets go
throws in the sponge
gives up the struggle
shows the white flag
throws in the towel
cries quits
raises the white flag
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