adjective ( of a person )
1.
without money, a home or a job, and living on the streets :
a novel about being down and out in London
2.
certain to be defeated
adjective ( of a person )
1.
without money, a home or a job, and living on the streets :
a novel about being down and out in London
2.
certain to be defeated
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005