Phrase Hound found 14 phrases and 19 compound words that contain defeat. The most common are listed below. Open defeat in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 14
- defeat the purposeTo undermine the act of doing something by having an opposite effect; to nullify.
- admit defeatTo accept that one has lost a fight or competition.
- snatch victory from the jaws of defeatTo suddenly win a contest when it appears that loss is a foregone conclusion, to succeed in an endeavor through reversal of fortune, skill, effort, or good judgment.
- snatch defeat from the jaws of victoryTo suddenly lose a contest one seemed very likely to win, especially through mistakes or bad judgment.
- snatch defeat out of the jaws of victoryTo fail to achieve an expected success, especially through counterproductive intervention.
- snatched victory from the jaws of defeatsimple past and past participle of snatch victory from the jaws of defeat
- snatches victory from the jaws of defeatthird-person singular simple present indicative of snatch victory from the jaws of defeat: To suddenly win a contest when it appears that loss is a foregone conclusion, to succeed in an endeavor through reversal of fortune, skill, effort …
- snatching victory from the jaws of defeatpresent participle and gerund of snatch victory from the jaws of defeat
- snatched defeat from the jaws of victorysimple past and past participle of snatch defeat from the jaws of victory
- snatched defeat out of the jaws of victorysimple past and past participle of snatch defeat out of the jaws of victory
- snatches defeat from the jaws of victorythird-person singular simple present indicative of snatch defeat from the jaws of victory: To suddenly lose a contest one seemed very likely to win, especially through mistakes or bad judgment.
- snatches defeat out of the jaws of victorythird-person singular simple present indicative of snatch defeat out of the jaws of victory: To fail to achieve an expected success, especially through counterproductive intervention.
- snatching defeat from the jaws of victorypresent participle and gerund of snatch defeat from the jaws of victory
- snatching defeat out of the jaws of victorypresent participle and gerund of snatch defeat out of the jaws of victory
Compound words 19
- defeatistOf or relating to defeatism.
- defeatismAcceptance of defeat without struggle.
- defeatureDefeat, overthrow, ruin.
- undefeatThe condition of not having been defeated.
- defeaticanA member of the Republican political party, regarded as proponents of surrender and accepting defeat.
- defeatlessWithout defeat.
- defeatocratA member of the Democratic political party, seen as proponents of surrender and accepting defeat.
- redefeatTo defeat again.
- defeatestsecond-person singular simple present indicative of defeat
- defeateththird-person singular simple present indicative of defeat: To overcome in battle or contest.