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Definition of also-rans
also-ran
noun
- a loser.
Citation from "Bonds Wait for Credible Plan", California Rail News, April 2011 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: to lose, be defeated, fail.
Last edited on Jul 06 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 02 2009.
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Other terms relating to 'to lose, be defeated, fail': | |
| Definitions include: good; excellent; "cool". | |
| Definitions include: to be bitch-slapped. | |
| Definitions include: to fail. | |
| Definitions include: an instance of failure. | |
| Definitions include: to be severely defeated. | |
| Definitions include: in "professional wrestling," a wrestler who intentionally loses to improve the image of the winner. | |
| Definitions include: to fail or err due to pressure. | |
| Definitions include: as a greeting, a rhetorical question asking about what's happening. | |
| Definitions include: to fall and hit the ground. | |
| Definitions include: anything great, cool, awesome. | |
| Definitions include: See own. | |
| Definitions include: to completely fail a task. | |
| Definitions include: "take a loss", i.e. to suffer a loss in a competition. | |
| Definitions include: to do a poor job. | |
| Definitions include: a total failure. | |
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Other terms relating to 'also': | |
| Definitions include: acronym of "Also Known As." | |
Other terms relating to 'ran': | |
| Definitions include: to look disorderly, undesirable. | |
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