What does 土を付ける mean?


The context is

> 無配の女王にまで土を付ける

the translation is "he managed to defeat the undefeated queen"

My question is if 土を付ける can be used to mean defeat? My guess is it has
something to do with putting them in the ground/soil?




Okay I found the source. This line seems to come from the anime 『ダーウィンズゲーム』
which I happen to have seen. Please include the source and more context next
time if you can. (See [this Meta
post](https://japanese.meta.stackexchange.com/a/2190/30454)) [The original
line](http://anicobin.ldblog.jp/archives/56299950.html) is

> ソロの新人が初戦を生き残る確率は1割以下というのに。まさかルーキー狩りのバンダ君に続いて、 **無敗** の女王にまで土をつけるとは。

Yes, 無敗の女王 is the "undefeated queen." 「土を付ける」 seems to come from the term
「土が付く」, as defined in
[デジタル大辞泉（小学館）](https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/%E5%9C%9F%E3%81%8C%E4%BB%98%E3%81%8F/)

> 相撲で、力士が負ける。

It is a sumo wrestling term that means what you guessed it means, "defeat".
The variant used in the anime contains the transitive verb 付ける as opposed to
the intransitive 付く, supposedly putting emphasis on the defeat being the
result of an active action on the part of カナメ.




Okay I found the source. This line seems to come from the anime 『ダーウィンズゲーム』
which I happen to have seen. Please include the source and more context next
time if you can. (See [this Meta
post](https://japanese.meta.stackexchange.com/a/2190/30454)) [The original
line](http://anicobin.ldblog.jp/archives/56299950.html) is

> ソロの新人が初戦を生き残る確率は1割以下というのに。まさかルーキー狩りのバンダ君に続いて、 **無敗** の女王にまで土をつけるとは。

Yes, 無敗の女王 is the "undefeated queen." 「土を付ける」 seems to come from the term
「土が付く」, as defined in
[デジタル大辞泉（小学館）](https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/%E5%9C%9F%E3%81%8C%E4%BB%98%E3%81%8F/)

> 相撲で、力士が負ける。

It is a sumo wrestling term that means what you guessed it means, "defeat".
The variant used in the anime contains the transitive verb 付ける as opposed to
the intransitive 付く, supposedly putting emphasis on the defeat being the
result of an active action on the part of カナメ.

