runner-up
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- noun
- /ˈrʌnər ʌp/
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subcampeón
- Both were Miss California, both wound up first runner up in the Miss USA, you know, national title pageant.
- selected as the runner-up
So you were runner up on Barstool's first reality show.
- So you were runner up on Barstool's first reality show.
- Then they always say, and the first runner up is Miss so and so.
- I'm going to start actually with the runner up, which was the Ford Mustang Mock E.
- It's so good that you bring that up, though, because for some reason I had a dream about the girl who was runner up in Fantasia season, Diana Degarva.
- McDonald's clear the second, the runner up for the grossest milkshake ever.
- So my God, you are literally the best runner up ever.
- Now I also do have a runner up for bust of the year and it's just a straight up bad phone.
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She was the runner-up in the singing competition, losing by just a few votes.
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And I was actually the runner-up by a handful of votes.
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Then they always say, and the first runner up is Miss so and so.
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Maybe there will be a runner up prize.
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And I also have a special runner up and honorable mention.
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Let's get a shot with the runner-up.
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You won a major this year, even if the runner-up was far more memorable.
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So the runner up for best cookie goes to Famous Amos.
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She was runner-up in the regional Little Miss Sunshine?
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Martin was the runner-up to Chretien in the Liberal Party's contentious leadership race in 1990.
Academic text (2017)
Synonyms
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A person or team that finishes second in a competition
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A person or team that finishes second in a competition
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Etymology
The word runner-up comes from the parts runner ('someone who runs') and up ('near the top'), so think of a person who ran well and came close to first place. That's why a runner-up is the competitor who finishes just behind the winner, in second place.