intransitive. To be cast down or brought to nothing; to pass out of power or use; esp. (of an empire, government, institution, or leader) to be…

figurative in †to bring to the ground: to cast down, overthrow, overcome, subdue; to come (also go) to the ground: to be overcome; to perish; so t…

transitive. To discomfit, to rout, to bring to ruin; = confound, v. 1. Only in passive. Obsolete.

to go to (also unto) the worse: to be defeated or worsted, to fail. Similarly to go away (also flee) with the worse and variants. Obsolete.

to go to (also unto) the worse: to be defeated or worsted, to fail. Similarly to go away (also flee) with the worse and variants. Obsolete.

to give way, succumb in a conflict or struggle.

intransitive. To suffer discomfiture. Obsolete.

to go to the post: to go to the wall. Obsolete. rare.

colloquial (chiefly British). to have had one's chips: to be completely beaten, ruined, destroyed, etc., beyond hope of recovery; to be facing…