"defeat" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

defeat sustantivo

sustantivo + defeat
Kolokacji: 25
election defeat • defeat of the army • home defeat • league defeat • landslide defeat • ...
defeat + verbo
Kolokacji: 27
defeat comes • defeat leaves • defeat leads • defeat means • defeat ends • ...
verbo + defeat
Kolokacji: 58
concede defeat • admit defeat • accept defeat • make in a defeat • lead to one's defeat • score in a defeat • play in the defeat • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 13
(6) avoid, escape
Kolokacji: 2
(7) inflict, fear
Kolokacji: 2
(10) mean, spell
Kolokacji: 2
(11) blame, snatch
Kolokacji: 2
1. blame one's defeat = obwinić czyjś porażka blame one's defeat
2. snatch defeat = porażka strzępu snatch defeat
  • Now, we're in a situation where, having won the political argument, the Government is at risk of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
  • Do you always have to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory?
  • In 1974-75, the United States snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.
  • Though the season represented a chance to win back viewers, one executive said, "We snatched defeat from the jaws of victory."
  • Time and again, I had managed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, often by only a hair's breadth.
  • The Jays have been known to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory before.
  • But it seems right now like the Democrats want to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
  • So to cut commercial ties with China now would be to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
  • Four days later, Dole snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.
  • It has been suggested the withdrawal snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.
(12) risk, flee
Kolokacji: 2
(13) ensure, guarantee
Kolokacji: 2
adjetivo + defeat
Kolokacji: 123
humiliating defeat • major defeat • final defeat • bad defeat • military defeat • heavy defeat • electoral defeat • decisive defeat • ...
preposición + defeat
Kolokacji: 22
of defeat • from defeat • after one's defeat • to one's defeat • following one's defeat • ...

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