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runner-up
[ ruhn-er-uhp ]
noun
plural runners-up.
- the competitor, player, or team finishing in second place, as in a race, contest, or tournament.
- runners-up, the competitors who do not win a contest but who place ahead of the majority of the contestants and share in prizes or honors, as those who place second, third, and fourth, or in the top ten.
runner-up
noun
- a contestant finishing a race or competition in second place
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Word History and Origins
Origin of runner-up1
First recorded in 1835–45
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McIlroy has had six top-10 finishes in the tournament in the past six years, including being runner-up in the past two.
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The WSL champions will enter the league phase of the Champions League, with the runners-up entering at the second round and the third-placed side in the first round.
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All four of them are underclassmen and they beat runner-up Long Beach Poly by 32 hundredths of a second.
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GB reached the semi-finals last year, losing to eventual runners-up Slovakia.
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The 44-year-old Englishman has secured two runners-up finishes, plus 14 others in the top 25, since making his debut in 2003.
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