go down in defeat
go down in defeat
To lose to an opponent. The team refused to go down in defeat and tied the score in the third period.
See also: defeat, down, go
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
go down in defeat
and go down to defeatFig. to submit to defeat; to be defeated. The team went down in defeat again. She fears going down in defeat.
See also: defeat, down, go
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- go down to defeat
- beat (one) hands down
- beat (one) hollow
- beat hollow
- beat somebody/something hollow
- beat someone hollow
- blow (someone or something) out of the water
- blow out of the water
- blow somebody/something out of the water
- blow someone out of the water