Possible Questions:
- Give up
- Get rid of
- Drop
- Shed
- Give the slip to
- Squander
- Misplace
- Shake
- Come up short
- Take the booby prize
- Go down
- Fail
- Bring up the rear
- Waste
- Ditch
- Mislay
- Come in second
- Elude
- Forfeit
- Shake off
- Finish second
- Fall short
- Come in last
- Fail to keep
- Suffer defeat
- Take a beating
- Finish last
- Finish third
- Leave in the dust
- Go down in defeat
- Get checkmated
- Diet successfully
- Be defeated
- Almost win
- Take it on the chin
- Leave behind
- Gamble badly
- Shake, as a tail
- Fail to win
- Come in behind the others
- Be bested
- Take a dive
- Succeed in dieting
- Outdistance
- Get whupped
- Get whipped
- Get routed
- Get beaten
- Drop, as pounds
- Suffer deprivation
- Shake, so to speak
- Shake, as a tail?
- Qualify for the consolation round
- Blow, as a game
- Be vanquished
- Be an also-ran
- Attain also-ran status
- ___ face
- Throw, as a fight
- Succeed with one's diet
- Succeed on a diet
- Shake off, as a shadow
- Receive fewer votes
- Place at the track
- Meet one's Waterloo
- Make a successful getaway from
- Leave Vegas empty-handed
- Invest badly
- Give up a walk-off homer, e.g.
- Get upset, in a way
- Get the short straw
- Get the highest score, in golf
- Get skunked
- Get shellacked, say
- Get rid of, so to speak
- Get blitzed
- Get bested
- Finish second or last
- Fail to prevail
- End up with a consolation prize
- Emulate the hare
- Elude on purpose
- Draw the wrong straw
- Diet-ad verb
- Costello and Gehrig
- Blow, as a lead
- Be deprived of
- Be bested or worsted
- Be beaten
- Alternative to win or draw
- Allow to go out of sight
- "Rikki Don't ___ That Number"
- "Heads I win, tails you ___"
- ''Rikki Don't ___ That Number''
- You might do it if you're behind
- Word before face or heart
- What you may do when you snooze?
- What schlimazels usually do
- Underscore?
- Trail the field
- Throw a walk-off homer, e.g.
- Take it on the chin, say
- Succeed, dietwise
- Succeed at dieting
- Shake, in away
- Shake, in a way
- Shake, as a police tail
- Shake, as a detective
- Score the 3 in a 4-3 game
- Receive the booby prize
- Place, e.g.
- Place last, say
- Pete Yorn "___ You"
- Outspeed handily
- Not be victorious
- Miss the blue ribbon
- Miss out on a prize
- Meet defeat
- Leave far behind
- Kiss "Nothin' to ___"
- Have no luck at gambling
- Have a setback
- Go home empty-handed, say
- Go home empty-handed
- Go down to defeat
- Get trounced
- Get the short end
- Get the booby prize
- Get outscored
- Get licked
- Flub the game
- Finish fourth
- Fare badly at the track
- Fall (to)
- Fail to win a medal
- Fail to medal
- Fail to maintain
- Fail to conquer
- End up with nothing
- Emulate a fabled hare
- Eat dirt
- Earn some lovely parting gifts
- Earn 'consolation prizes'
- Drop, as weight
- Don't prevail
- Disappoint the coach, perhaps
- Disappoint one's fans
- Come up a second short
- Come out second best
- Come in second?
- Come in second, e.g.
- Bring up the field
- Blow a game
- Be the also-ran
- Be outmatched
- Be on the short end
- Be checkmated
- Be an unsuccessful gambler
- Be a runner-up
- Back the wrong horse
- Alternative to draw
- "Tails, you ___"
- "Born to ___" Social Distortion
- ___ one's shirt
- ___ ground (regress)