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Re:FBI tells lawmakers it can't access Dayton gunman's phone by CydeWeys on Saturday August 10, 2019 @10:59AM (#20662401)
It was a successful delaying action. They were outnumbered hundreds to one and never expected to defeat the entire enemy army themselves. They knew they were going to lose that battle, but the intent was to help win the overall war, which the Greeks did.

And if you kill many more of the enemy than they do of you despite being vastly outnumbered, you can justifiably say you gave a lot more than you got, which is a victory of sorts in its own right.

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Re:FBI tells lawmakers it can't access Dayton gunman's phone by EForEndeavour on Saturday August 10, 2019 @11:28AM (#20662578)
> And if you kill many more of the enemy than they do of you despite being vastly outnumbered, you can justifiably say you gave a lot more than you got

Getting (benefitting) a lot more than you gave (spent) makes more sense to me.

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Re:FBI tells lawmakers it can't access Dayton gunman's phone by nickynickell on Saturday August 10, 2019 @02:20PM (#20663680)
In this context we're talking about death: giving more death to the enemy than they could give to you. Ultimately the meaning is the same as your rewording. Just a bit more grim.
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Re:FBI tells lawmakers it can't access Dayton gunman's phone by madhadron on Saturday August 10, 2019 @06:43PM (#20664950)
A different reading of the history is that it was a political move by the other Spartan king to force Leonidas to die in a lost cause with a small force in order to remove a rival.
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