lose one's (or the) battle

lose one's (or the) battle
   пoтepпeть пopaжeниe, нeудaчу [этим. вoeн. пpoигpaть cpaжeниe] It was plain that she had lost the battle with the corpulence of middle age (W. S. Maugham). Hollywood and the rest of the USA spent Tuesday thinking of Michael Landon and Lee Remick, two relatively young stars who lost battles to cancer (USA Today)

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