Dictionary entry

Underdog

Pronunciation: /ˈʌndədɒɡ/

Pronunciation

/ˈʌndədɒɡ/

Myanmar Meaning

ဖိနှိပ်ခံနေရသူ။ တိုက်ပွဲ၊ ရန်ပွဲတွင် ရှုံးနိမ့်သူ။

Definition

underdog / 'ʌndǝdɒg; US -dↄ:g / n အေရးနိမ့္ဟန္ရိွေသာ၊ ေအာက္လက္ကေန (တက္ခြပ္ရေသာ)လူ၊ အသင္း၊ အဖြဲ႕စသည္။ အႏိွမ္ခံ၊ အဖိႏိွပ္ခံပုဂၢိဳလ္၊ လူတန္းစား။ Before the match we were definitely the underdogs.

Examples

  1. ‘In his lifetime
  2. he became a symbol of courage to a deprived country
  3. the underdog in all his fights and still coming out on top.’
  4. ‘Hopefully we will continue to be supported
  5. though people have to remember that
  6. even after two victories
  7. we are still underdogs in every game.’
  8. ‘Going into the match as underdogs
  9. his concern was to compete effectively against the champions.’
  10. ‘He went into the fight as the underdog and came out 15 rounds later as the world champion on points
  11. with the judges split two to one.’
  12. ‘Then even the most tired plot device of all can work: the underdog fighting all odds to win.’
  13. ‘We will be huge underdogs in the quarter-finals but we have nothing to lose’
  14. ‘A gentleman genius
  15. who fought for the underdog and played truly inspirational music.’
  16. ‘We were certainly the underdogs in this competition
  17. Jess
  18. and it's not really a surprise we didn't win.’
  19. ‘We went into this game as complete underdogs but produced a performance of grit and determination in true championship fashion.’
  20. ‘The thing is though
  21. there's more than one way to win a football match
  22. as underdogs have proved time and again over the years.’
  23. ‘You were the underdog in this fight
  24. at least to those people who didn't really know you as a boxer.’
  25. ‘We go into the game as underdogs but it's a great opportunity for the players to go out and enjoy the game.’
  26. ‘My vote was giving the underdog a chance; it was a sympathy vote.’
  27. ‘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.’
  28. ‘Isn't this the band of underdogs that won over America with grit and determination?’
  29. ‘Denis was the underdog
  30. but the tide of the fight soon turned against the heavily favored Suzuki.’
  31. ‘In sports
  32. it's fun to root for the underdog because of the small chance that he can knock off a superstar.’
  33. ‘It's always enjoyable to watch a story where an underdog has to fight incredible odds to win.’
  34. ‘We are all on the same side
  35. underdogs fighting against social and environmental oppression.’
  36. ‘The underdogs in any fight usually prepare body and mind meticulously before stepping into the ring.’