underdog
/ˈʌndədɒɡ/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈʌndədɒɡ/
underdog
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un - der - dog -> underdog
Myanmar meaning
Full entry
underdog / 'ʌndǝdɒg; US -dↄ:g / n
အရေးနိမ့်ဟန်ရှိသော၊ အောက်လက်ကနေ (တက်ခွပ်ရသော)လူ၊ အသင်း၊ အဖွဲ့စသည်။ အနှိမ်ခံ၊ အဖိနှိပ်ခံပုဂ္ဂိုလ်၊ လူတန်းစား။ Before the match we were definitely the underdogs.
More examples
- ‘In his lifetime, he became a symbol of courage to a deprived country, the underdog in all his fights and still coming out on top.’
- ‘Hopefully we will continue to be supported, though people have to remember that, even after two victories, we are still underdogs in every game.’
- ‘Going into the match as underdogs, his concern was to compete effectively against the champions.’
- ‘He went into the fight as the underdog and came out 15 rounds later as the world champion on points, with the judges split two to one.’
- ‘Then even the most tired plot device of all can work: the underdog fighting all odds to win.’
- ‘We will be huge underdogs in the quarter-finals but we have nothing to lose’
- ‘A gentleman genius, who fought for the underdog and played truly inspirational music.’
- ‘We were certainly the underdogs in this competition, Jess, and it's not really a surprise we didn't win.’
- ‘We went into this game as complete underdogs but produced a performance of grit and determination in true championship fashion.’
- ‘The thing is though, there's more than one way to win a football match, as underdogs have proved time and again over the years.’
- ‘You were the underdog in this fight, at least to those people who didn't really know you as a boxer.’
- ‘We go into the game as underdogs but it's a great opportunity for the players to go out and enjoy the game.’
- ‘My vote was giving the underdog a chance; it was a sympathy vote.’
- ‘We have always been big underdogs in the derby games and more often than not we have gone into the game worrying about them rather than concentrating on our own strengths.’
- ‘Isn't this the band of underdogs that won over America with grit and determination?’
- ‘Denis was the underdog, but the tide of the fight soon turned against the heavily favored Suzuki.’
- ‘In sports, it's fun to root for the underdog because of the small chance that he can knock off a superstar.’
- ‘It's always enjoyable to watch a story where an underdog has to fight incredible odds to win.’
- ‘We are all on the same side, underdogs fighting against social and environmental oppression.’
- ‘The underdogs in any fight usually prepare body and mind meticulously before stepping into the ring.’
Synonyms
loser, small fry, runner up, second best, little guy, a slave to, at beck and call, at one's beck and call, at one's feet, at one's mercy, bottom dog, dark horse, downtrodden, in one's clutches, in one's pocket, in one's power, led by the nose, longshot, out-of-towner, under one's thumb, under thumb
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