to come off second-best
1come 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./ …
2come 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./ …
3come off second best — be defeated in a competition * * * come off second best chiefly Brit : to finish in second place : to fail to win Our team came off second best. • • • Main Entry: ↑second best …
4come 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 …
5come\ 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 …
6come off second best — finish in second place (in a competition) …
7second best — second best1 n [U] something that you have to accept which is not perfect or not the best ▪ I m not going to settle for second best . second best 2 .second best2 adj [only before noun] not quite as good as the best one ▪ Allie was the second best …
8second best — adj. to come off second best * * * [ˌsekənd best] to come off second best …
9second best — /sɛkənd ˈbɛst/ (say sekuhnd best) noun 1. an item, especially of clothing, of good value but not one s best: to wear one s second best. 2. a share of whatever is regarded as valuable, enriching, etc., which is less than the best: to put up with… …
10Second Stadtholderless Period — The Second Stadtholderless Period or Era ( nl. Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk) is the designation in Dutch historiography of the period between the death of stadtholder William III on March 19 [This is the date from the Gregorian calendar that… …
