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Definition of an also-ran

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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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