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meet your Waterloo — meet (your) Waterloo if someone who has been successful in the past meets their Waterloo, they are defeated by someone who is too strong for them or by a problem which is too difficult for them. She finally met her Waterloo when she tried to take … New idioms dictionary
meet your waterloo — There was a battle in Waterloo, in present day Belgium on June 18th, 1815, which Napoleon lost. If someone has met their Waterloo , it means they have been defeated or met their death … The small dictionary of idiomes
meet your Waterloo — Meaning Arrive at the event that halts your previously successful progress. Origin Like Napoleon at the battle of Waterloo … Meaning and origin of phrases
meet your Waterloo — to fail at something that you have always been successful at until now … English dictionary
meet Waterloo — meet (your) Waterloo if someone who has been successful in the past meets their Waterloo, they are defeated by someone who is too strong for them or by a problem which is too difficult for them. She finally met her Waterloo when she tried to take … New idioms dictionary
meet — meet1 W1S1 [mi:t] v past tense and past participle met [met] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(see somebody at an arranged place)¦ 2¦(see somebody by chance)¦ 3¦(see somebody for the first time)¦ 4¦(see somebody at an airport/station etc)¦ 5¦(come together to discuss… … Dictionary of contemporary English
Waterloo in popular culture — Because of its pivotal role in European and world history the Battle of Waterloo has a prominent place in military history and is frequently mentioned in popular culture. Here are some examples:Commemorative memorials and places: For a… … Wikipedia
Waterloo — Wa|ter|loo 1.) the Battle of Waterloo an important battle fought in 1815 near Brussels, Belgium, in which the Duke of ↑Wellington, leading the British and the Prussians, defeated ↑Napoleon and the French. It was Napoleon s final defeat, and he… … Dictionary of contemporary English
Waterloo — Wa|ter|loo [ ,wɔtər lu ] a battle between the British and the French in 1815 in which the French leader Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated meet your Waterloo to fail at something that you have always been successful at until now … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Waterloo — UK [ˌwɔːtə(r)ˈluː] / US [ˌwɔtərˈlu] a battle between the British and the French in 1815 in which the French leader Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated • meet your Waterloo … English dictionary
