underdog

Preposition: of

• world: But at the same time, hip-hop has become the art form for the underdogs of the world.

Converse of object

• champion: Linguists solve crimes, champion the underdog and even help secure the future of humanity.
• love: Also it followed a tradition of British sitcoms, where your main characters are losers... We love the underdog.
• back: Paxman had written: " Never underestimate the British ability to back the underdog.
• support: Surely, the British thing to do is to support the underdog.
• give: However if you want to give the underdog a chance of glory go for weight.
• favor: We all hope we favor the underdog, but don't have to express our tactless opinions even if we feel them.

Adjective modifier

• plucky: The plot sees plucky, enthusiastic underdogs with a home-made go kart sabotaged by better resourced cheats.. .
• perennial: A brand new history of football's perennial underdogs, Wimbledon.
• massive: Make no mistake, the form books show we are massive underdogs for this game.
• clear: After drawing the first leg at home 0-0, the Clarets were clear underdogs going into the second tie.
• total: Obviously we're massive, total underdogs, but we're a good side.
• favorite: They seem to be everyone's favorite underdog and couldn't disguise the joy as they appeared at Live8 in the summer of 2005.

Modifies a noun

• story: The greatest underdog story of our time is back for one final round of the Academy Award-winning Rocky franchise.
• status: We should be putting more effort into removing our own underdog status, not clinging onto it.
• team: So that's six different underdog teams he mentioned - pretty much covered the field, with the notable exception of Greece.
• victory: As a sports obsessive I have also always regarded it as one of the great underdog victories.
• superstar: Part four: Ben Norton Q&A Combe's underdog superstar on his superb season.
• personality: What's On September Friday 1st JOHN OTWAY The self-confessed unsuccessful singer songwriter with a surreal sense of humor and a winning underdog personality.

Preposition: in

• match: For Worcester Dream Team it's their first appearance at the finals so they are very much the underdogs in this match.