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Waterloo

noun

NAmE//ˌwɔt̮ərˈlu//

, NAmE//ˌwɑt̮ərˈlu//

, NAmE//ˈwɔt̮ərˌlu//

, NAmE//ˈwɑt̮ərˌlu//

[singular] somebody's Waterloo

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a final defeat for someone This was the point at which he was to meet his Waterloo. From the battle of Waterloo in 1815, in which the British (under the Duke of Wellington) and the Prussians finally defeated Napoleon.

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