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underdog
noun
A competitor thought unlikely to win.
2004:
The New Yorker,
30 August 2004, p.40
: In Athens, the Americans are
underdogs
to the Chinese and the Canadians (
italbrac, the Canadians!
)
Somebody at a disadvantage.
A high swing wherein the person pushing the swing runs beneath the swing while the person being pushed is at the forward limit of the arc.
Translations:
Dutch: underdog
Spanish: tapado (Argentina)
(
trans-bottom
) (
trans-top, somebody at a disadvantage
)
Etymology:
From under + dog.
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