runner-up

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See also: runnerup and runner up

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runner-up (plural runners-up or (colloquial, nonstandard) runner-ups)

  1. The person who finishes second, or in any position after the first.
    Remember, if the winner cannot complete the duties, the runner-up will take over.
  2. Second favourite.
    • 2022 July 11, Kate Conger, Mike Isaac, “How Elon Musk Damaged Twitter and Left It Worse Off”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:
      For years, Twitter was a runner-up social media company. It never grew to the size and scale of a Facebook or an Instagram. It simply muddled along.

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