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Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory

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Not content with doing nothing and enjoying their win, the enemy team has instead chosen to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory - Phrase, common usage. Doing something stupid causing your team to lose when all you had to do was nothing.

no defeat 

An apparel line created by a couple of friends who came from next to nothing. they have a bomb ass logo that forms N.D. They are living proof that hard work, honor, and trust make shit happen. They are the next big thing.
My coach told me I'd never amount to anything with all my talent because I wouldn't conform to their rules.

no defeat, bitch. I'm in the finals.
no defeat by Clark Thunder Kent December 13, 2012

long defeat 

A background feeling of melancholy found in Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, derived from the knowledge that every victory is only temporary, what we hold good will eventually be gone, and that the world is irreversibly changing for the worse, derived from the English/British Catholic sentiment that their world of Catholic hegemony is gone and never to return, crossed with Tolkien's dislike of the changes to England since the Industrial Revolution and during the Twentieth Century.
I love Lord of the Rings, but it's not optimistic. The whole Long Defeat thing is too much for me and I want to get away from it.
long defeat by Dead Lion September 27, 2013

Defeat the Huns

Getting down to business. To do something in complete seriousness. To do something urgently.
Example 1.
Brown: "So how's everyone at your new job?"
Red: "Man, they're no fun. All they wanna do is defeat the Huns."
Brown: "Bummer."

Example 2.
Kevin: "Hey wanna watch a movie?"
Ash: "Nah, I got a midterm tomorrow so I gotta defeat the Huns."
Defeat the Huns by Kevballs August 25, 2010

Beegor's Defeat 

Drinking toilet water surrounded by half-naked girls.
- I need more water
- bruh let's do beegor's defeat
Beegor's Defeat by vulpix213 August 17, 2020

Snatch Defeat From The Jaws of Victory

Throwing a game. Popularised by Youtuber, The Mighty Jingles.
All the enemy had to do was hide and they would have won on points alone, but they snatch defeat from the jaws of victory by trying to win harder.
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countrypolitan 

Term used to describe someone who is a mix of both rural (country) and urban (metropolitan) lifestyles/upbringings. He/she is typically equally comfortable in both settings and is able to seamlessly slip back and forth between the two, appreciating the characteristics of each.
That ol' gal of mine drives the 12 lane freeway during the week and a John Deere on the weekends. She likes opra and the Grand Ol' Opry. I love them countrypolitan women.
countrypolitan by MOChick November 7, 2006
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Witch Bath 

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She brought home alot of stuff and took it to the bathroom. She must be taking a witch bath.
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kinktober 

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That chick doesn't write often but when she does, its for Kinktober.
kinktober by Kinkiest July 12, 2018
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proper lad 

a lad that is such a lad that he is a proper lad
person1:did you see bob
person2: ya he was a proper lad
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