- - Facing defeat
- - Facing trouble
- - In desperate position
- - In a hopeless position
- - The harried mountain climber was ......
- - Close to defeat
- - In a defenceless position, like one cornered by boxer?
- - Near defeat
- - Addicted to cigars
- - Near-failure
- - About to fall
- - Up against it
- - Reeling
- - Staggering
- - expression meaning 'in a state of collapse'
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