OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 60500

meet one's Waterloo

/ˈmiːt wʌnz ˌwɔːtə(ɹ)ˈluː/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
a todo cerdo le llega su san Martín
To be decisively defeated by an encounter with a powerful opponent or a problem that is too difficult.
Lloyds' and other methods of effecting insurance while avoiding the impositions, vexations and expenses of state supervision, are likely to meet their Waterloo if the following bil…
Now glory the stars and bars, what may not valor do? / Our foe, in Georgia's dread defiles, has met his Waterloo!
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