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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.
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Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory

When you absolutely, definitely, surely have to be the disappointment of your entire team, and manage to potato your way from certain victory.
“Did you see that 1 v 6 matchup? It was intense!”

“Yeah, but somehow that one guy managed to weasel his way to a win because snatching defeat from the jaws of victory seems to be the other team’s specialty.

snatching defeat from the jaws of victory

When in online gaming, your or the enemy team does something incredibly stupid in the last minutes of a match, that it costs yours or the enemy team the victory.
We won the match, thanks to the enemy team, snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
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