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take a licking
take a licking
synonyms
be beaten
be bested by
be vanquished
get the worst
lose
come to grief
come a cropper
be conquered
suffer defeat
come off second-best
be defeated
go down
meet one's Waterloo
be worsted
have the worst
be trounced
fail
be the loser
lose out
shatter
have
own
take down
take
slay
come to grief
take the count
defeat
lose out
upset
burn
avoid
go wrong
go down
roll
down
play dead
break
smoke
come a cropper
job
meet one's Waterloo
cast down
decline
fall
go
get through
mess up
worsen
wreck
take a licking
definitions
verb
To suffer a defeat or a beating.