runner-up finish
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- noun
- /ˈrʌnər ʌp ˈfɪnɪʃ/
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segundo lugar
- The top 25 on the money list after this week earn PGA Tour cards, and with a $1 million purse, even a runner-up finish should be enough to get into the top 25.
- runner-up finish in the NCAA
- runner-up finishes in majors
- consecutive runner-up finishes
Examples
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The team celebrated their runner-up finish after a thrilling final match that went into overtime.
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And in 2003, he managed to win another $532,490 as a runner-up finish.
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Bruce Weber's failure to establish Illinois as a perennial contender for the top spot in the conference after a national runner-up finish in 2005 was the worst kind of wasted opportunity.
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After a strong performance throughout the season, she secured a runner-up finish in the championship race.
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His consistent training paid off with a runner-up finish in the national competition.
Synonyms
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1.1
A metal object, usually silver, given to the person who comes second in a competition
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A result when someone comes second in a competition
How Successful
Surface Forms
Morphology
runner-up + finish
The noun phrase simply combines 'runner-up' (someone who places second) with 'finish' (the act or position at the end of a contest), so the meaning 'an achievement of second place' is directly derivable from the parts. There is no idiomatic or metaphorical shift here, making the composition straightforward and transparent for learners who know the constituent words.
Etymology
Runner-up finish comes from races: the runner-up is the runner who comes just behind the winner and finish is the end of the race. So a runner-up finish means ending in 'second place'.