come off second best

come off second best
come off second best
to be second to someone or something; to get the poorer end of a bargain. •

As usual, he came off second best with a little less prize money than the winner.

I don't want to come off second best again.

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{v. phr.} To not win first but only second, third, etc. place. * /Our home team came off second best against the visitors./ * /Sue complains that she always comes off second best when she has a disagreement with her husband./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • come off second best — {v. phr.} To not win first but only second, third, etc. place. * /Our home team came off second best against the visitors./ * /Sue complains that she always comes off second best when she has a disagreement with her husband./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

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  • come off second best — to be beaten in a competition or an argument. I ve given up arguing with my big brother because I always come off second best …   New idioms dictionary

  • come\ off\ second\ best — v. phr. To not win first but only second, third, etc. place. Our home team came off second best against the visitors. Sue complains that she always comes off second best when she has a disagreement with her husband …   Словарь американских идиом

  • come off second best — finish in second place (in a competition) …   English contemporary dictionary

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  • second best — adj. to come off second best * * * [ˌsekənd best] to come off second best …   Combinatory dictionary

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