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A list of phrases related to the word "defeat"...
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A
lick
of paint
A pitched
battle
A stick to
beat
you with
Admit defeat
All out
war
All's fair in love and
war
An uphill
battle
Art Of
War
( Sun Tzu book )
Art of
war
Articles of
war
Battle
of the sexes
Battle
of wits
Battle
ready
Battle
royal
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Battle
stations
Beat
It ( Michael ( Jackson song )
Beat
a hasty retreat
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Beat
a path to your door
Beat
about the bush
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Beat
hell out of
Beat
hollow
Beat
it!
Beat
someone black and blue
Beat
swords into ploughshares
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Beat
the air
Beat
the band
Beat
the bushes
Beat
the clock
Beat
the living crap out of
Beat
the living daylights out of
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Beat
the living snot out of
Beat
the pants off
Beat
the rap
Beat
the retreat
Beat
the rush
Beat
the snot out of
Beat
the stuffing out of
Beat
to a pulp
Beat
up
Beat
you to it
Beat
your brains out
Beat
your meat
Behind the
beat
Brow
beat
Build a better mousetrap and the world will
beat
a path to your door
Charge of the Light Brigade ( British cavalry charge against Russian army in the Crimean
War
and title of a poem by Tennyson )
Crushing defeat
Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of
war
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Divide and
conquer
Don't mention the
war
( A catchphrase from Faulty Towers )
Don't you know there's a
war
on? ( WWII slogan )
Edge out
Fog of
war
Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the
War
Room ( Dr.Strangelove )
Get ready to rumble ( prepare to fight or do
battle
)
Go to
war
Graceful loser
Had a good
war
( to have been successful during a military campaign )
Half the
battle
Have you for breakfast
How goes the battle?
I want YOU for the US Army ( World
War
I and World
War
II advertising slogan )
If you can't
beat
em, join em
If you vote for Goldwater, you'll get a
war
in Vietnam ( Political slogan )
In the heat of
battle
La Belle Epoque ( the golden age or beautiful era preceding the First World
War
)
Let
battle
commence
Lick
and a promise
Lick
into shape
Lick
someone's boots
Lick
your lips
Lick
your wounds
Loose lips sink ships ( World
War
II advertising slogan )
Make love not
war
Make
war
Masters Of
War
( Bob Dylan song )
Moral victory
Mother's
ruin
My heart missed a
beat
Off
beat
On the
beat
Richard of York gave
battle
in vain
Road to
ruin
Row up Salt River
Running
battle
Say uncle
Self defeating
She Stoops to
Conquer
( play by Oliver Goldsmith )
Shooting
war
Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory
Snatching victory from the jaws of defeat
Spoils of
war
The
Battle
of Waterloo was won on the playing-fields of Eton
The Cold
War
The Hick from French
Lick
( Nickname of Larry Bird )
The Mersey
beat
The
War
Of The Roses ( Michael Douglas movie )
The
battle
of the bulge
The
beat
goes on
The bobby on the
beat
The fog of
war
( confusion caused by the chaos of
battle
)
The fortunes of
war
The race is not to the swift, nor the
battle
to the strong ( quotation from the Bible - Ecclesiastes
The
war
to end wars
The workers united shall never be defeated
Tittle tattle lost the
battle
( WWII slogan )
To
beat
the band
Wage
war
Walking to the
beat
of a different drummer
War
and Peace ( Leo Tolstoy book )
War
baby ( someone born during the
war
- especially the illegitimate child of a soldier )
War
cemetery
War
chalking
War
criminal ( someone who has flouted the Geneva Convention )
War
debt
War
driving
War
eagle ( the golden eagle - used by Native Americans to make headdresses )
War
footing ( preparedness to fight a military campaign )
War
game ( a simulation of
war
intended as preparation )
War
hero ( someone who acted heroically during a
war
)
War
is hell
War
movie ( a film with
war
as the subject matter )
War
of nerves
War
of words
War
paint
War
room ( the place where
war
plans are directed )
War
torn ( severely damaged by
war
)
War
weary ( tired of conflict )
War
widow ( a woman whose husband died in a
war
)
War
zone ( the area that a
war
has taken place )
What did you do in the
war
Daddy?
When
war
is declared, truth is the first casualty