meet one's Waterloo (English, verb)
expansion: meet one's Waterloo (third-person singular simple present meets one's Waterloo, present participle meeting one's Waterloo, simple past and past participle met one's Waterloo)
Senses:
glosses: To be decisively defeated by an encounter with a powerful opponent or a problem that is too difficult.
Forms:
form: meets one's Waterloo
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: meeting one's Waterloo
tags: participle
present
form: met one's Waterloo
tags: participle
past
form: met one's Waterloo
tags: past