underdog
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3.7
- noun
- /ˈʌndərˌdɔg/
:
desfavorecido
- In the championship match, the team was seen as the underdog but surprised everyone with their performance.
- underdog status
- an underdog team
- help the underdog
I say, wow, what an underdog story, right?
- I say, wow, what an underdog story, right?
- If you are an underdog, you got to believe against all odds.
- And so we did a great job, I think, as an underdog campaign, very leanly staffed.
- And AMD has been an ultimate underdog comeback story.
- And God, I just love that underdog vibe.
- I, I still fight with feeling that I, I feel like I'm the underdog all the time.
- And quite often I'll tend to pick people who are sometimes the underdogs who I can help.
- I don't lie, cheat or steal and I always take up for the underdog.
- And the lesson there is one of the things that underdogs do is they don't pick a fight they can't win.
Examples
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"I have always had a soft spot for the underdog," Ikram explains.
Academic text (2004) -
Michael has always been an underdog all his life and he proved everybody wrong.
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But we all have that little bit of underdog feeling inside.
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I say, wow, what an underdog story, right?
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We are the underdog and we know we have some hard work ahead.
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I'm all about the underdog now because of that.
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If you are an underdog, you got to believe against all odds.
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When things got tense among the group, Walter would defend the underdog.
Academic text (2003) -
Because it's a boat full of underdogs representing an underdog nation.
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Average Joe's are a 50-1 underdog here today.
Synonyms
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4.1
A competitor who is not expected to win a race or contest
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9.2
A person or group with low rank who usually loses in competition
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Etymology
The word underdog comes from the image of a dog lying 'under' another after a fight, with under meaning 'below' and dog meaning dog. So an underdog now is someone who is 'at a disadvantage' or expected to lose.