Browsing page 2 of words meaning to lose, be defeated, fail (32 words total)
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drop the ball 
verb
- to fail in one's responsibilities.
Citation from "New Car", Up All Night (TV), Season 1 Episode 4 (2011) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: to lose, be defeated, fail.
Last edited on Oct 14 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 21 2009.
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eat it
interjection
- a retort or taunt.
Citation from "Cash Out", Reaper (TV, 2007), Season 1 Episode 10 blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: retorts and taunts (list of).
Last edited on Dec 20 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Nov 28 2010.
- short for "eat penis"; said when someone fails at something or the winner says it to the loser
Last edited on Nov 29 2010. Submitted by Anonymous on Nov 29 2010.
verb
- to experience traumatic physical contact with a stationary object.
The skater ate it when he fell off his board.
Last edited on Aug 18 2004. Submitted by John F. from Virginia Beach, VA, USA on Aug 18 2004.
- to fall to the ground
Last edited on Aug 18 2004. Submitted by John F. from Virginia Beach, VA, USA on Aug 18 2004.
- more in the physical sense as in... wiped out, bit the dust, crashed and burned. Fell off the bike.
He was running in the gravel, and totally ate it.
Last edited on Feb 21 2005. Submitted by Cindy from CA, USA on Feb 21 2005.
- to fail. to swallow the loss, pay for everyone, be humiliated.
He didn't do very well on that test, he ate it.
- See more words with the same meaning: to lose, be defeated, fail.
Last edited on Feb 21 2005. Submitted by Cindy from CA, USA on Feb 21 2005.
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fail
adjective
- failing or simply generally bad.
Yeah, the publisher's website for the book has been fail for a long time.
- See more words with the same meaning: bad, poor, sucks, common, generally displeasing.
Last edited on Sep 09 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 09 2011.
interjection
- exclamation used to acknowledge or mock an instance of failure.
Fail.
- See more words with the same meaning: to lose, be defeated, fail.
Last edited on Dec 22 2010. Submitted by Anonymous on Dec 22 2010.
noun
- an instance of failure.
The team's homecoming game performance was a fail.
Citation from "Epic Win", Slate, Christopher Beam, Oct 15 2008 blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.
Citation from "article title", Business Insider, Julia La Roche, November 15 2011 blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: to lose, be defeated, fail.
Last edited on Nov 15 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jul 26 2009.
noun - uncountable
- some amount of a bad thing. Contrast with win.
There was so much fail in that video.
- See more words with the same meaning: something of poor quality, bad, sucks.
Last edited on Oct 22 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 22 2010.
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get bitch-slapped
verb
- to be bitch-slapped.
- See more words with the same meaning: to lose, be defeated, fail.
Last edited on Jun 06 2013. Submitted by Brad W. from Portland, OR, USA on Apr 20 2002.
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get (one's) ass handed to
verb
- to be severely defeated.
Citation from "Photos: 'Parks and Recreation' Star Aubrey Plaza Has a Black Belt in Deadpan Humor", RollingStone, Jonah Weiner blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: to lose, be defeated, fail.
Last edited on Mar 25 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Mar 25 2013.
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get owned
notes
- See own.
He got owned.
- See more words with the same meaning: to lose, be defeated, fail.
Last edited on May 13 2013. Submitted by Patrick Moore from San Francisco, CA, USA on Nov 27 2002.
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get schooled
other
- See school.
- See more words with the same meaning: to lose, be defeated, fail.
Last edited on Nov 04 1997. Submitted by Mike K. from Temple City, CA, USA on Nov 04 1997.
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go belly up
verb
- to fail. (Usually in reference to a business.)
- See more words with the same meaning: to lose, be defeated, fail.
Last edited on Dec 08 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2009.
- to die.
- See more words with the same meaning: to die.
Last edited on Dec 08 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 09 2009.
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go down
verb - intransitive
- as a greeting, a rhetorical question asking about what's happening.
Hey man, what's goin' down?
Last edited on Dec 16 2010. Submitted by Monica A. on Oct 17 2003.
- to happen.
It's about to go down.
Citation from "Instinct", Dollhouse (TV), Season 2 Episode 2 (2009) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.
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Citation from "The New Guy", Warehouse 13 (TV), Season 3 Episode 1 (2011) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.
Citation from "Pilot", American Dad (TV), Season 1 Episode 1 (2005) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: to happen.
Last edited on Nov 21 2012. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 03 2009.
- to be exposed for wrongdoing.
Citation from "Beyond Belief", Lie To Me (TV, 2010), Season 3 Episode 6 blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.Last edited on Nov 29 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Nov 29 2010.
- to lose.
Citation from "Good Cop Bad Dog", Modern Family (TV) , Season 2 Episode 22 (2011) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: to lose, be defeated, fail.
Last edited on Jul 29 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jul 29 2011.
- to fail.
Citation from "Conscience", Wilfred (US TV), Season 1 Episode 6 (2011) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: to lose, be defeated, fail.
Last edited on Oct 15 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 15 2011.
- to have one's reputation at one's current job ruined, or to have one's career ruined.
Citation from "All the Right Friends", Covert Affairs (TV), Season 2 Episode 4 (2011) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: business (related to).
- See more words with the same meaning: to lose, be defeated, fail.
Last edited on Oct 18 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 18 2011.
notes
- See also go down on (one).
Last edited on Oct 19 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 03 2009.
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go tits-up
- To die or stop functioning.
"The motor on my boat went tits-up today."Last edited on Nov 06 2009. Submitted by Pazuzu from Minneapolis, MN, USA on Nov 06 2009.
verb
- to fail.
- See more words with the same meaning: to lose, be defeated, fail.
Last edited on Aug 26 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 26 2009.
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