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go down in defeat and go down to defeat Fig. to submit to defeat; to be defeated. The team went down in defeat again. She fears going down in defeat. snatch victory from the jaws of defeat Cliché to win at the last moment. At the last moment, the team snatched victory from the jaws of defeat with a last-second full-court basket. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Perhaps the most significant feature of religious reason, and perhaps the feature from which all the other differences between religious reason and secular reason derive, is the oft-touted claim by believers that religious reasons carry an infallible supreme authority that guarantees the truth of such claims against all potential epistemic defeaters. The greatest defeater of the Sekk is Istar, a warrior woman and daughter of one of the original Company of Glass. |
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