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Humiliating return from a summit meeting? (8)

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comedown

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(Other definitions for comedown that I've seen before include "Do cowmen experience a loss of status?" , "Humiliating" , "Descent to a lower status" , "Decline in status" , "Feeling of disappointment" .)

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