…be humiliated by having to admit one’s defeats or mistakes…
…observe the Jewish food regulations (kashrut)…
…fall far behind someone in a competitive situation…
…erode or destroy something gradually…
…retract what one has said, especially in a humiliated way…
…suffer from excessive longing for someone or something unattainable…
…deal with or defeat someone with contemptuous ease…
…(of a company’s staff) use a product or service developed by that company so as to test it before it is made available to customers…
