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Sb  Word Origin  Example Bank Easily Completely Defeat

Front rout
Back routnoun, verbBrE /raʊt/NAmE /raʊt/noun

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[singular]a situation in which sb is defeated easily and completely in a battle or competitionOnly the skill of the goalkeeper prevented the match from turning into a rout.put sb to ˈrout (literary) to defeat sb easily and completelyThey put the rebel army to rout.verb

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~ sbto defeat sb completely in a competition, a battle, etcThe Buffalo Bills routed the Atlanta Falcons 41–14.

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