Meanings of costly defeat in English

Any failure in production may well result in costly defeat on the field of battle.

Meanwhile, Colorado suffered a potentially costly defeat in its pursuit of a Western Conference playoff spot.

But the hosts will have to play to their potential if they are to avoid a costly defeat this weekend.

The debutant also denied Deji Oshilaja and Macaulay Bonne after the break as Charlton suffered a costly defeat which dropped them into the bottom three.

The ruling was preceded by two costly defeats against Cape Verde, making every fixture in the qualifiers a must-win for the South Africans.