I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a defeated army
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The survivors of his defeated army settled in Provence.
a devastating defeat
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The party suffered a devastating defeat in the local election.
a run of defeats/victories etc
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His extraordinary run of successes has been stopped.
admission of guilt/defeat/failure etc
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Silence is often interpreted as an admission of guilt.
an election victory/defeat
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He became prime minister after a decisive election victory.
be doomed to failure/defeat/extinction etc
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Many species are doomed to extinction.
conceded defeat
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In May 1949, Stalin conceded defeat and reopened land access to Berlin.
crashed to...defeat
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Liverpool crashed to their worst defeat of the season.
crushing defeat
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The Eighth Army had suffered a crushing defeat .
decisive victory/result/defeat etc
defeat an opponent
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She came within three points of defeating her opponent.
defeat the enemy
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We will never defeat our enemies unless we stop fighting each other.
heavy defeat
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England’s heavy defeat in yesterday’s match
humiliating defeat
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a humiliating defeat
ignominious defeat/failure/retreat etc
motion...defeated
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The motion was defeated by 201 votes to 159.
risk defeat/death etc
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He would prefer not to risk another embarrassing defeat.
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Some people are prepared to risk imprisonment for what they believe.
suffer a defeat
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The team has now suffered five successive defeats.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
consecutive
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Swindon have suffered three consecutive defeats .
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The Dukes are coming off a 73-69 loss to La Salle Monday, their fifth consecutive defeat .
crushing
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Formby suffered a crushing 10 wicket defeat at home to local rivals Southport.
electoral
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Members of congress increasingly came to believe that they could insulate themselves against electoral defeat by assiduous attention to constituency casework.
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Carter suffered the worse electoral defeat of any incumbent President ever, including Herbert Hoover in 1932.
final
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He assailed other reactionary regimes sanctified by Napoleon's final defeat , prior to which he toured the Continent.
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They could delay, but not prevent, the final defeat .
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Sometimes you have to fail to become a winner and we did with League Cup final defeats to Leeds and Swindon.
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He wanted to weep at this final defeat , but he was too tired for that.
heavy
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Tranmere Rovers went nap in front of their biggest gate of the season to inflict a heavy defeat on promotion chasing West Ham.
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The Bears have had two of their scheduled fixtures washed out and suffered a heavy defeat at Edinburgh.
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That junior may have to pay for the victory with a heavy defeat in the future.
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After his party's heavy defeat in the subsequent general election, Ellis stayed on as chief whip.
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Treloar defeated Hammer in an earlier round and, in the final, they inflicted a heavy 184-87 defeat on Eagles.
humiliating
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But they knew that it was a humiliating defeat .
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Politicians did not relish a repeat performance of the humiliating defeat they had suffered over the suspension and repeal of the acts.
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It's always a good laugh watching him getting increasingly irritated with the interviewer after a humiliating defeat .
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It was a humiliating defeat for Callaghan.
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The referendum was a humiliating defeat for the unpopular Mr Khasbulatov.
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But a humiliating defeat at Bradford last Sunday had the Leeds fans spitting fury in radio phone-ins.
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The next levy proposed by Wolsey met with an even more humiliating defeat .
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The vicious personal attack on him by Ernets Bevin and his humiliating defeat made it impossible for him to remain as leader.
military
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The military defeat of Taylor appeared increasingly to be the only option for an end to the conflict.
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And even when revolution or military defeat should have opened eyes, distorted versions of reality survive.
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The new municipal councils worked only where troops were stationed and with military defeat the system collapsed.
narrow
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His inexcusable public blame of goalkeeper Eachus for the narrow defeat against Nicosia, when interviewed for television on arrival at Aldergrove.
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Old Parkonians suffered the narrowest of defeats against Tattenhall in the third round of the Cheshire Cup yesterday.
successive
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They suffered three successive defeats and it seemed their little party at the top was over.
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Three successive defeats , the latest at Stirling, mean Hawick's worst League start.
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The Gills were staring at a second successive defeat in the final with just seven minutes of extra time remaining.
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They hit a good League run after the Cup knock-out, before two successive defeats checked their progress.
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Bears have suffered five successive defeats , including a 47-43 home defeat by Peterborough last week.
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Arsenal's second successive league defeat left them eight points behind the leaders and with a considerably inferior goal difference.
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This was Wimbledon's eighth successive league defeat .
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Darren Bazeley scored the Watford goals for Blackburn's fourth successive defeat .
■ NOUN
cup
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New Zealand have already suffered one World Cup defeat .
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As for Oxford in the next round - a chance to avenge that awful 4-1 League cup defeat from a few years back once and for all.
election
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It directly contributed to our election defeat .
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Labour's election defeat has produced two contradictory responses, writes Bryan Gould.
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V Out of office for the first time since 1951, the Conservatives threw themselves into policy making after the 1964 election defeat .
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In the 60s and 70s the announcement would have been the start of the slippery slope to election defeat .
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The Labour party showed little sign of recovering from its election defeat in 1979.
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The likely shape of the leadership contest emerged yesterday as Labour began an inquest on its election defeat .
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The man with the most to make from Major's election defeat .
home
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Newcastle ace Dyer aggravated a long-standing shin problem in Saturday's 1-0 home defeat to Manchester City.
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But Penn State won that game, and two weeks later Wisconsin handed Michigan its third home defeat .
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The Cowboys handed the Denver Broncos their first home defeat of the season in a 31-27 thriller.
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Bears have suffered five successive defeats , including a 47-43 home defeat by Peterborough last week.
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At the County Ground, Derby inflicted Swindon's first home defeat of the season.
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Prestatyn saw their title ambitions mauled by a bleak home defeat at the hands of St Asaph.
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His astonishing attack followed Saturday's 3-0 home defeat by Oxford United.
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Pool need to avenge their home defeat to check an alarming slide down the Third Division.
league
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Last week the Cherry and Whites suffered their heaviest ever league defeat .
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It was Milan's first league defeat since they lost 2-1 at Bari on 19 May, 1991.
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Only one league defeat and only seven goals conceded by a mean defence gave Ipswich the crown.
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Arsenal's second successive league defeat left them eight points behind the leaders and with a considerably inferior goal difference.
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Peacock's strike condemned United to their first League defeat since March.
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Given their league defeat at Rotherham the previous week, it represented as good a day as Saracens could have wished for.
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This was Wimbledon's eighth successive league defeat .
■ VERB
accept
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Hearts tried to muster a response but looked like a side that had already accepted defeat .
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This was also carried on a division; the Government accepted their defeat and did not seek to reverse the decision.
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He went to work on the President, telling him that to retreat now would be to accept humiliating defeat .
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The two wings of authority had accepted defeat and then joined the workforce at the windows.
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Not one to accept defeat so easily, she sent her son joe to the place where such records are kept.
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He accepted disappointment and defeat with dignity.
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Ulysses S.. Grant, also want Broussard to help them bring down those unwilling to accept defeat .
admit
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He had already summed her up as some one who hated to admit defeat .
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After half an hour she had to admit defeat .
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Leafy and Obey stayed away for close to an hour, returning at last after midnight to admit defeat .
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The Novartis team put up a valiant fight, but admit defeat .
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To leave was to admit defeat in this peculiar ritual of making myself known.
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He came wandering towards me, obviously having admitted defeat , and I fell in beside him, companionably in step.
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He loathed the boot and complained about it constantly, but he wouldn't admit defeat .
avenge
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Pool need to avenge their home defeat to check an alarming slide down the Third Division.
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Half a century later he has finally avenged that defeat .
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In the last 16 matches tomorrow Duffy plays Dale and will be going out to avenge that defeat over fellow Ulsterman Sharpe.
avoid
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Ipswich v Sunderland Ipswich will put together their best run for five years if they avoid defeat against Sunderland.
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They would probably have avoided defeat .
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Jonathan Speelman must avoid defeat in his seventh game against Jan Timman to stay in the match.
concede
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That would be to concede total defeat .
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But scientists always say that: Advocates never concede defeat .
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I get the impression that the Tories have already conceded defeat .
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Swearing-in of new President On Nov. 1 Kaunda conceded defeat after about a third of the results had been publicly declared.
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Whoever won would then gracefully concede defeat and accept the winners' roster.
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The opposition, alleging fraud, had refused to concede defeat in Guanajuato.
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Tyminski declined to concede defeat immediately and claimed that people had been intimidated into voting for Walesa.
crash
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Eastwood's try four minutes later sent Leeds crashing to their sixth defeat in nine matches.
crush
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There were similar warnings in the 1980s after a crushing defeat for the separatists in the1980 referendum.
end
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A horrible series of futile uprisings against impossible odds and always ending in butchery and defeat for the rebels.
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First, Athens lost Boiotia in a rising which ended in an Athenian defeat at Coronea.
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Rebellions have never succeeded in Ireland; always they have ended in butchery and defeat .
face
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No, he was not ready yet to face the defeat .
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I stopped and slumped dazedly back on my heels, facing utter defeat .
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Barak facing defeat Mr Barak used to argue that his peace policy was a political winner, whatever happened.
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Nothing went right for Hallett during his fifth round match, and at 7-1 down, he is facing almost certain defeat .
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He said that when the Government realised it faced defeat on amendment 27 it had produced a second legal opinion.
follow
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Bruno Giorgi quit as manager of struggling Genoa following their 3-2 home defeat by Cagliari.
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Forwards will be axed with a return to a packed midfield following the home defeat by Watford.
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This was soon followed by a further defeat for the conservative faction in the Theological Commission.
help
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Irate residents helped defeat each proposal.
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Residents there helped defeat a plan in the early 1980s for an off- road park in nearby Sycamore Canyon.
humiliate
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He went to work on the President, telling him that to retreat now would be to accept humiliating defeat .
inflict
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Tranmere Rovers went nap in front of their biggest gate of the season to inflict a heavy defeat on promotion chasing West Ham.
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You are going to inflict such a defeat on the enemy that he will never recover.
mark
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The anniversary of his coronation seemed destined to be marked by ignominious defeat .
suffer
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The Chieftains rarely enjoy their trips to South London, where they suffered their heaviest defeat of the season 16-3 in December.
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On 2 March, they suffered their worst defeat of the war outside of Sai-gon.
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The 19-year-old from Inverurie has won seven world ranking titles and suffered only four defeats in the past ten months.
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Maybe after suffering such a defeat , they would give up.
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New Zealand have already suffered one World Cup defeat .
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Constitutional discussions Walesa suffered two defeats in the Sejm during December.
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Otago did manage to beat Auckland and Carisbrook in 1985, but suffered some solid defeats in later years.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
admit defeat
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Haskill refuses to admit defeat and sell the restaurant.
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After half an hour she had to admit defeat.
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He came wandering towards me, obviously having admitted defeat, and I fell in beside him, companionably in step.
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He had already summed her up as some one who hated to admit defeat.
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He loathed the boot and complained about it constantly, but he wouldn't admit defeat.
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Leafy and Obey stayed away for close to an hour, returning at last after midnight to admit defeat.
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The Novartis team put up a valiant fight, but admit defeat.
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To leave was to admit defeat in this peculiar ritual of making myself known.
emphatic win/victory/defeat
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But Warrington achieved an emphatic win over Widnes with a highly disciplined performance.
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Cardiff recorded two emphatic victories in 24 hours, winning 9-2 against Whitley Warriors and 13-2 at Billingham.
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It was an emphatic win and a remarkable turnaround in his fortunes.
narrow victory/defeat/majority/margin etc
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Adjust the starting point so that you avoid a very narrow margin at the perimeter.
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Crowds gathered in central Lima last Sunday night to cheer his narrow victory over former president Alan Garcia.
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John F.. Kennedy that helped propel the handsome young Massachusetts Democrat to a narrow victory.
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On election night, however, the team squeaked out a narrow victory.
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Surprise! the seventh firm won the tender by a narrow margin.
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Their relatively late arrival in the quarter coupled with their costs and the narrow margins on the surprise Model 20 impacted earnings.
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Was Buzz Calkins' narrow victory over Tony Stewart enough to keep them interested?
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While both developer subsidies passed, the narrow margin clearly indicates the voters of this valley are beginning to wise up.
resounding success/victory/defeat etc
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At $ 3. 99, a weekday all-you-can-eat lunch buffet proved a resounding success.
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His foray into biography is also a resounding success.
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It was his most resounding defeat in terms of lengths.
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On the one hand, so many victories; on the other, resounding defeat at Trafalgar in 1805.
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On the other hand, others have described the issue as a resounding success as all the shares were sold.
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That resounding success, moreover, was followed by others.
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The organisers claimed the conference was a resounding success.
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The outcome - a resounding victory for the home team, not that they appeared particularly surprised.
soundly defeated/beaten/thrashed
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In Hayward, a proposed library improvement tax was soundly defeated.
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Synthonia are now the only side without a win after they were soundly beaten at Blackhall.
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The Republicans were soundly defeated in the South, even in places where there were voting black majorities.
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They were led by a fanatical chieftain named Yusuf and Alfonso was soundly defeated at the battle of Sagrajas.
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When it came up for a vote in March, it was soundly defeated.
the jaws of death/defeat/despair etc
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The shocked priority of examining herself after escaping, literally, from the jaws of death, wore off.
wallow in self-pity/despair/defeat etc
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Ego takes great pleasure in wallowing in self-pity, and defending itself against all charges, whatever the cost to others.
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Look at the criticism for any opportunity to learn from it and to change, without wallowing in self-pity.
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What hope can they have, if they see you slumping about like a filleted herring, wallowing in self-pity?
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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After his third successive election defeat he decided to retire from politics.
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an election defeat
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In the last game of the season they suffered a humiliating defeat , losing 7-0 to Real Madrid.
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It was the Christian Democratic Party's fourth successive electoral defeat .
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Mr Taylor blamed bad publicity for his defeat by Mr Jones.
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Scotland's defeat of Spain
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She retired from the sport after suffering a series of humiliating defeats.
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the defeat of Napoleon at the battle of Waterloo
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The captain offered no excuses for his team's humiliating defeat .
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The New York Times described the withdrawal of troops as a resounding defeat for the government.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A strike is a defeat - a defeat for all.
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But they knew that it was a humiliating defeat .
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In previous decades this would signify certain defeat for the revolution.
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Once broken through, the door was not closed again until the defeat of the Huns at Chalons-sur-Marne in 451.
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Religious grumbles continued, but the Government's only serious defeat was over equal pay for women teachers.
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The Bob Jones issue was one of the keys to Bush's equally stunning defeat in Michigan only three days later.
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They came back from the defeat in Texas to take the next four games.
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They would wipe out the shame of their ignominious defeat !
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
easily
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Five years later, Saints easily defeated a Wigan side depleted by the suspension of hooker Colin Clarke.
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As the book opens, his latest target is an Atlanta office building, whose security the Wind Minstrel easily defeats .
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Al-Fatah won all nine seats in the chamber, easily defeating Hamas candidates.
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Death, however, is not so easily defeated .
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Although the right to strike had been established, some of the judges were not to be so easily defeated .
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The Examiner survey showed Clinton would easily defeat any of the top Republican challengers if the election were held today.
finally
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Soon afterwards the Bolsheviks retook Ekaterinberg and the Whites were finally defeated .
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They were finally defeated in a lightning raid on Grozny by Chechen fighters last August.
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They were finally defeated and no other enemy entered Attica as long as Theseus lived.
narrowly
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A motion on the opening day to put the work of the government to a vote of no confidence was narrowly defeated .
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Although they spent only $ 160,600 on their campaign, they narrowly defeated the proposition 51-49 percent.
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Our team was narrowly defeated in this year's area final.
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The housing project, which had been approved by the town council, was narrowly defeated by public vote.
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Auroux narrowly defeated the rival candidate, Henri Emmanuelli, by 113 votes to 109.
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Wilder narrowly defeated his Republican opponent in November 1989, his 6,700-vote victory being confirmed only after a recount.
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Mrs Field's amendment was narrowly defeated by votes to 21.
soundly
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The Republicans were soundly defeated in the South, even in places where there were voting black majorities.
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In Hayward, a proposed library improvement tax was soundly defeated .
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When it came up for a vote in March, it was soundly defeated .
■ NOUN
amendment
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The chances of the Government being defeated when amendment 27 is voted on in a few weeks are now difficult to judge.
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Lawmakers passed the bill after defeating two amendments that would have gutted it.
army
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Fear is one of the Dark Lord's most powerful weapons yet some of his army are defeated by it.
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With the last of the Kislevite armies defeated , the Chaos hordes advanced upon Praag and laid siege to the city.
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He had his revenge in March 1322, when he was among the royalist army which defeated Lancaster at Boroughbridge.
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A Bretonnian army is defeated by Morglum Necksnapper.
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Empire armies were met and defeated .
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There was none, and the Red Army was defeated at the gates of Warsaw.
battle
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After over a decade of fighting, Basil defeated Samuilo at the battle of Kleidon in 1014.
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He is finally met and defeated at the Battle of Osterwald.
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About the same time he defeated the Picts in battle .
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This will divert forests from disputed uplands where foresters are frequently held up or defeated in long battles with environment groups.
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This host defeated the Avars in battle and stormed their camps.
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Richard defeated them in a battle between St Maigrin and Bouteville towards the end of May.
bill
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The House of Lords defeated the first bill last month.
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Moderate Assembly Republicans broke ranks with conservative members to defeat a GOP-sponsored bill that would have returned corporal punishment to the classroom.
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After furious debate, the legislature defeated the bill .
candidate
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Hitherto defacto president in his capacity as Supreme Soviet Chair, he defeated one other candidate .
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There is no private law firm where the defeated candidates can retire.
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Auroux narrowly defeated the rival candidate , Henri Emmanuelli, by 113 votes to 109.
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Phil Gramm is well-positioned to defeat whichever candidate the Democrats choose to throw at him in November.
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Al-Fatah won all nine seats in the chamber, easily defeating Hamas candidates .
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In that race, the canvassing board determined that John Hoff defeated write-in candidate Lowell Stevens 265 to 259.
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Ivashko defeated three other candidates , polling 278 votes for and 61 against.
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But donations to help elect or defeat political candidates have been denied such a subsidy since 1954.
chance
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No one suggested that there was an alternative candidate who had a better chance of defeating Heseltine.
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Four years ago, Clinton produced an act of symbolism that greatly improved his chances of defeating George Bush.
election
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Modern science Two of the fundamentalist board members were defeated in state elections last autumn.
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I would like to fight against Milosevic and defeat him in democratic elections .
enemy
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The re-enactment with a water bottle celebrated the goal that defeated the auld enemy .
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They were finally defeated and no other enemy entered Attica as long as Theseus lived.
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The less energy spent in defending, the more strength remains to attack and defeat the enemy .
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El Cid upholds his honour and that of his King by defeating an enemy champion in single combat.
government
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But when there are advantages from vertical integration, as in aluminium, the multinationals can defeat government policy.
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Since the Conservatives took power in 1979, the Lords have defeated the government 179 times.
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If the Tory Euro-rebels had defeated the Government the whole treaty would have collapsed.
motion
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Eloquence alone was sufficient to defeat the motion .
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I do not know if Nico is looking for more time, or trying to defeat the motion .
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He remains Prime Minister until he chooses to resign or is defeated on a confidence motion in the House.
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Earlier yesterday the government had defeated an opposition censure motion in the lower house of parliament.
object
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Water quality would not be improved because of the extra load on the system, which defeats the object .
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Hollows attract water, which obviously defeats the object of the exercise: to create a waterproof hat.
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Such a procedure, of course, defeats the object of classification.
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Mere preservation, however, can lead eventually to decay and thus defeats its object .
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This defeats the object of the exercise.
opponent
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Wilder narrowly defeated his Republican opponent in November 1989, his 6,700-vote victory being confirmed only after a recount.
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Dole survived with a tactic that haunts him to this day: He used the abortion issue to defeat his opponent .
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In their first test at the polls as premiers, they were both defeated by conservative opponents .
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Both his interventions greatly aided Bill Clinton in defeating his Republican opponents .
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She was almost certain to defeat her Republican opponent Maurice Turner, a former police chief, in the November election.
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It has leveled the electoral playing field and allowed less well-funded candidates to defeat their better-financed opponents .
party
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The liberals had been defeated and the Unionist Party was once again being led by traditional unionists.
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If Peres and Labor are defeated , the Likud Party has vowed to put the brakes on the peace movement.
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You were depicted laughing at Mr Edward Heath whom you have defeated at the party leadership elections.
proposal
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There are a variety of ways of defeating a proposal other than directly speaking against it.
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It is that that defeated our Tariff Reform proposal - that and that alone.
purpose
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Detailed guidelines defeat the very purpose of guidelines. which is to allow considerable local flexibility and adjustment.
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This, of course, defeats the purpose for which the medication is being given.
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Inconsistent State practice would only defeat the entire purpose of the convention for a stable regime.
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They are defeating the purpose of the Peace Corps and they are unhappy.
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Running around in circles and seeing the same old thing defeats half the purpose .
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This obviously defeated the purpose of bail, which is to assure that the defendant will appear in court.
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But Max's kindness and good manners defeated my purpose totally.
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If they become a chore, they defeat the purpose of helping the child to want to interact with you.
team
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Our team was narrowly defeated in this year's area final.
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Diane Mynors saved us from oblivion by playing in the Oxford Women's first eleven cricket team which defeated Cambridge.
vote
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A composite motion demanding the straight forward abolition of the block vote was defeated on a show of hands.
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Officials said yesterday Mr Sobyanin had won 51.3 per cent of the vote , defeating the incumbent governor, Leonid Rodetsky.
■ VERB
help
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They can also help one another to defeat an attack by rival male baboons that are attempting to take over their shared females.
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Ginny DelVecchio talks about her life in the hopes it will help defeat the disease.
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But donations to help elect or defeat political candidates have been denied such a subsidy since 1954.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
defeat the purpose
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Doesn't this defeat the purpose of producing fruit in the first place?
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If they become a chore, they defeat the purpose of helping the child to want to interact with you.
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Never remove them and forget to put them back, it defeats the purpose .
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They are defeating the purpose of the Peace Corps and they are unhappy.
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This also eliminates the need to scroll to find data, which would defeat the purpose of having a command centre.
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This anxiety will cause tension which defeats the purpose of the exercise.
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This obviously defeated the purpose of bail, which is to assure that the defendant will appear in court.
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This, of course, defeats the purpose for which the medication is being given.
emphatic win/victory/defeat
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But Warrington achieved an emphatic win over Widnes with a highly disciplined performance.
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Cardiff recorded two emphatic victories in 24 hours, winning 9-2 against Whitley Warriors and 13-2 at Billingham.
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It was an emphatic win and a remarkable turnaround in his fortunes.
narrow victory/defeat/majority/margin etc
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Adjust the starting point so that you avoid a very narrow margin at the perimeter.
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Crowds gathered in central Lima last Sunday night to cheer his narrow victory over former president Alan Garcia.
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John F.. Kennedy that helped propel the handsome young Massachusetts Democrat to a narrow victory.
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On election night, however, the team squeaked out a narrow victory.
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Surprise! the seventh firm won the tender by a narrow margin.
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Their relatively late arrival in the quarter coupled with their costs and the narrow margins on the surprise Model 20 impacted earnings.
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Was Buzz Calkins' narrow victory over Tony Stewart enough to keep them interested?
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While both developer subsidies passed, the narrow margin clearly indicates the voters of this valley are beginning to wise up.
resounding success/victory/defeat etc
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At $ 3. 99, a weekday all-you-can-eat lunch buffet proved a resounding success.
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His foray into biography is also a resounding success.
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It was his most resounding defeat in terms of lengths.
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On the one hand, so many victories; on the other, resounding defeat at Trafalgar in 1805.
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On the other hand, others have described the issue as a resounding success as all the shares were sold.
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That resounding success, moreover, was followed by others.
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The organisers claimed the conference was a resounding success.
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The outcome - a resounding victory for the home team, not that they appeared particularly surprised.
soundly defeated/beaten/thrashed
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In Hayward, a proposed library improvement tax was soundly defeated.
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Synthonia are now the only side without a win after they were soundly beaten at Blackhall.
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The Republicans were soundly defeated in the South, even in places where there were voting black majorities.
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They were led by a fanatical chieftain named Yusuf and Alfonso was soundly defeated at the battle of Sagrajas.
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When it came up for a vote in March, it was soundly defeated.
the jaws of death/defeat/despair etc
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The shocked priority of examining herself after escaping, literally, from the jaws of death, wore off.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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For the sixth consecutive year, Oxford defeated Cambridge today in the annual boat race.
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In 1692, de Tourville's fleet was defeated near the coast of Cherbourg.
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It was a lack of money, not effort, that defeated their plan.
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Normally my hearing loss isn't a problem, but the telephone defeats me.
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Polk of California was defeated by a Democratic challenger in the last election.
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Sanchez defeated Dornan by just 984 votes.
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The army was well-trained and well-armed, and had little difficulty defeating the rebels.
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The Republicans were heavily defeated in the Spanish Civil War.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Eloquence alone was sufficient to defeat the motion.
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That would enable the Harijans to nominate their bravest, most outspoken champions, and the Hindus could never defeat them.
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They were finally defeated and no other enemy entered Attica as long as Theseus lived.
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Though he had defeated heavyweight champion Sonny Liston and defended his title nine times, Ali never had a dramatic constituency before.
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When Jefferson defeated Adams for the presidency, Adams left town before the inauguration rather than shake hands with him.