Take a licking synonyms | verbs

Synonyms for Take a licking as a Verb

• lose
• be defeated
• be beaten
• suffer defeat
• be the loser
• go down
• be worsted
• lose out
• come a cropper
• be conquered
• be vanquished
• be trounced
• be bested
• go under
• decline
• fall
• succumb
• be humbled
• be outdistanced
• be sunk
• be taken to cleaners
• come up short
• drop a bundle
• kiss goodbye
• take a beating
• take the count
• take the heat
• fail
• collapse
• crumple
• decrease
• descend
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  drop
• pitch
• plunge
• reduce
• sink
• slump
• tumble
• cave in
• droop
• fold
• founder
• keel
• lessen
• make less
• sag
• set
• submerge
• submerse