| concede defeat | 26.66 | MCI is not conceding defeat. | ||
| accept defeat | 10.27 | Bush accepted defeat graciously. | ||
| suffer defeat | 8.56 | Peres suffers humiliating defeat. | ||
| admit defeat | 8.49 | OK, I admit defeat. | ||
| avoid defeat | 4.81 | The Germans need simply to avoid defeat. | ||
| follow defeat | 4.67 | Photographs following the defeat of Germany. | ||
| face defeat | 3.42 | No, he was not ready yet to face the defeat. | ||
| blame defeat | 2.57 | He blames the defeat on special interests. | ||
| take defeat | 1.91 | He even takes defeat well. | ||
| acknowledge defeat | 1.78 | LVMH refused to acknowledge defeat. | ||
| avenge defeat | 1.71 | One painful World Cup defeat has been avenged. | ||
| taste defeat | 1.51 | Two seeds tasted defeat. | ||
| predict defeat | 1.45 | Some officials privately predict defeat. | ||
| mean defeat | 0.99 | A tie vote means defeat. | ||
| see defeat | 0.92 | He saw his defeats as lessons. | ||
| snatch defeat | 0.86 | Dole had snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. | ||
| avert defeat | 0.79 | BRITAIN-ELECTION, Conservatives struggle to avert electoral defeat. | ||
| handle defeat | 0.79 | Meanwhile, Ruelas seemed to handle the defeat well. | ||
| include defeat | 0.79 | The English too have had recent disappointments, including defeat against the Australians. | ||
| attribute defeat | 0.66 | She refused to attribute the defeat solely to the injury. |