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WaterlooWa‧ter‧loo /ˌwɔːtəˈluː◂ $ ˌwɔːtər-, ˌwɑː-/ ![](img/spkr_b.png) ► meet your Waterloo- Olivia was just about to meet her Waterloo, and I couldn't bear it.
1the Battle of Waterloo an important battle fought in 1815 near Brussels, Belgium, in which the Duke of Wellington, leading the British and the Prussians, defeated Napoleon and the French. It was Napoleon’s final defeat, and he never regained power after this.2meet your Waterloo to be finally defeated after a long period of success: Despite widespread unpopularity, the party did not meet its Waterloo until the election of 1997.3one of the main railway stations in London, just south of the River Thames. Trains from Waterloo go to the south and southwest of England. |