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runner-up (run′ər up′)

noun pl. runners-up -·ners-up′

  1. a person or team that finishes second in a race, contest, tournament, etc.
  2. any of those finishing behind the winner but in positions of contention

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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