单词 | to come off with the worst of it |
释义 | > as lemmasto come off with the worst of it (c) to come off with (also †come to, †come by, †come off by, †flee with) the worst: to be defeated. Now only to come off with the worst of it. Cf. to come off 6a(a) at come v. Phrasal verbs 1. ΚΠ ?a1450 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (St. John's Cambr. L. 1) (1895) iv. l. 49 The folk of Troye hemseluen so myssledden That with the worste [a1413 Pierpont Morgan worse] at nyght homward they fledden. 1597 T. Beard Theatre Gods Iudgements i. xx. 80 His owne side came to the worst, doing more scath to themselues, then to their enemies. 1605 London Prodigall i. i. 51 He is a mighty brawler, and comes commonly by the worst. a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) i. ii. 14 I should knocke you first, And then I know after who comes by the worst . View more context for this quotation 1694 C. Cotton tr. L. Pontis Mem. ii. iv. 212 These Officers were so well satisfy'd with me, and so cruely harrass'd with the scuffles they met with, and where they generally came off with the worst of it. 1710 E. Ward Vulgus Britannicus 1st Pt. 26 Those who laugh'd aloud at first, At last may chance to come by th' worst. 1710 E. Ward Vulgus Britannicus: 3rd Pt. 116 Those who by reviling first Begot the Fray, came off by th' worst. 1745 P. Annet Hist. & Char. St Paul in Coll. Tracts Free Enquirer (1768) 77/2 He buffetted them, and they came off with the worst of it. 1763 Mod. Part Universal Hist. XL. 346 The Chicachas..always came off with the worst. 1834 W. Godwin Lives Necromancers 184 In these wars, the Peris generally came off with the worst. 1842 J. B. Fraser Allee Neemroo I. viii. 195 He had a quarrel with a yaboo in his youth, and came off with the worst of it. 1924 Classical Philol. (1929) 24 134 It is said that when in sport they cast lots or threw dice.., Antony came off with the worst of it. 1992 A. A. Nofi Civil War Treasury (1995) 33 The Indians came off with the worst of it in the ensuing Battle of Wisconsin Heights. < as lemmas |
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