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Grammar : Verb

  • achieve
  • agree
  • ascend
  • assert
  • build
  • confront
  • counter
  • defend
  • deny
  • disallow
  • disapprove
  • expand
  • face
  • fight
  • gain
  • go up
  • grow
  • hide
  • hold
  • hold on to
  • increase
  • keep
  • maintain
  • meet
  • oppose
  • prevent
  • raise
  • refuse
  • reject
  • retain
  • rise
  • stay
  • straighten
  • strengthen
  • succeed
  • veto
  • win
  • withhold

Definition of suffer defeat

  • As in lose : verb be defeated
  • As in yield : verb give in, surrender
  • As in go down : verb lose, fall

Synonyms for suffer defeat

  • abandon
  • abdicate
  • admit defeat
  • back down
  • be beaten
  • be defeated
  • be humbled
  • be outdistanced
  • be sunk
  • be taken to cleaners
  • be the loser
  • be worsted
  • bend
  • bow
  • break
  • buy
  • call it quits
  • capitulate
  • cave in
  • cede
  • collapse
  • come to terms
  • come up short
  • crumple
  • decline
  • decrease
  • defer
  • descend
  • droop
  • drop
  • drop a bundle
  • fall
  • fold
  • fold up
  • founder
  • give oneself over
  • give up
  • give way
  • go
  • go under
  • hand over
  • keel
  • kiss goodbye
  • knuckle
  • knuckle under
  • lay down arms
  • leave
  • lessen
  • let go
  • lose out
  • make less
  • miss
  • part with
  • pitch
  • plunge
  • reduce
  • relax
  • relent
  • relinquish
  • resign
  • sag
  • set
  • sink
  • slump
  • submerge
  • submerse
  • submit
  • succumb
  • suffer defeat
  • take a beating
  • take the count
  • take the heat
  • throw in the towel
  • topple
  • tumble
  • yield
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