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met one's Waterloo

met one's Waterloo is the simple past and past participle of meet one's Waterloo.

Meaning of meet one's Waterloo

Verb

meet one's Waterloo (third-person singular simple present meets one's Waterloo, present participle meeting one's Waterloo, simple past and past participle met one's Waterloo)

  1. To be decisively defeated by an encounter with a powerful opponent or a problem that is too difficult.
    • Now glory the stars and bars, what may not valor do? / Our foe, in Georgia's dread defiles, has met his Waterloo!1864 April 7, “The Dove of the Regiment. An Incident of the Battle of Chickamauga.”, in Frank Moore, editor, The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives, Illustrative...

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What is met one's Waterloo the simple past and past participle of?
Met one's Waterloo is the simple past and past participle of meet one's Waterloo.

Words near met one's Waterloo in the dictionary

  1. met halfway
  2. met mitzvah
  3. Met Office
  4. met one's maker
  5. met one's match
  6. met one's Waterloo
  7. met someone where they were
  8. met tet
  9. met up
  10. met with
  11. met-

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