| Fail |
| Drop |
| Ditch |
| Elude |
| Shake |
| Heart |
| Waste |
| Mislay |
| Go down |
| Give up |
| Shed __ |
| Fall to |
| Forfeit |
| Squander |
| Bow (to) |
| Eat dirt |
| Misplace |
| Surrender |
| Shake off |
| Be beaten |
| Be bested |
| Get rid of |
| Fall short |
| ____ face! |
| Get beaten |
| Underscore |
| Get bested |
| Get routed |
| Get licked |
| Almost win |
| Take a dive |
| Blow a game |
| Place, e.g. |
| Drop a game |
| Get blitzed |
| Get skunked |
| Meet defeat |
| Get whupped |
| Outdistance |
| Get whipped |
| Fail to win |
| Finish last |
| Be defeated |
| Leave behind |
| Come in last |
| Fail to keep |
| Be outscored |
| Be shut out. |
| Diet-ad verb |
| Get defeated |
| Invest badly |
| Get trounced |
| Gamble badly |
| Finish third |
| Suffer defeat |
| Give the slip |
| Come up short |
| Be outmatched |
| Don't prevail |
| Fail to medal |
| Finish fourth |
| Flub the game |
| Be checkmated |
| Get outscored |
| Be vanquished |
| Come in third |
| Finish second |
| Tails, you ___ |
| Be a runner-up |
| Fail@life.game |
| Have a setback |
| Shake, in away |
| Take a licking |
| Win at dieting |
| Be deprived of |
| Get shellacked |
| Be an also-ran |
| Get checkmated |
| Take a beating |
| ___ one's shirt |
| Come in second? |
| Engineer a tank |
| Fail to conquer |
| Mislay — fail |
| Opposite of win |
| Place last, say |
| Trail the field |
| Blow, as a lead |
| Be the also-ran |
| Come out behind |
| Blow, as a game |
| Fail to prevail |
| Shake, in a way |
| Drop, as pounds |
| Drop, as weight |
| Give the slip to |
| Shake, as a tail |
| Don't win or tie |
| Fail to maintain |
| Leave far behind |
| Outspeed handily |
| Elude on purpose |
| Emulate the hare |
| Go down in defeat |
| Be unable to find |
| Come in too late? |
| Get the short end |
| Get trounced, say |
| Not be victorious |
| Outwit, as a tail |
| Succeed, dietwise |
| Win, ___ or draw. |
| Succeed on a diet |
| Throw, as a fight |
| Go down to defeat |
| Diet successfully |
| Leave in the dust |
| Bring up the rear? |
| Bring up the field |
| Come in last place |
| Drop a bundle, say |
| Pete Yorn "___ You |
| Take a shellacking |
| Succeed at dieting |
| Throw a fight, say |
| Succeed in dieting |
| Shake, so to speak |
| Suffer deprivation |
| Take it on the chin |
| Costello and Gehrig |
| Alternative to draw |
| End up with nothing |
| Fail to win a medal |
| Get the booby prize |
| Miss out on a prize |
| Take off, as weight |
| Be on the short end |
| Drop in the stadium |
| Get shellacked, say |
| Get the short straw |
| Get upset, in a way |
| Meet one's Waterloo |
| Place at the track? |
| Receive fewer votes |
| Draw the short straw |
| ___ ground (regress) |
| Back the wrong horse |
| Come in second, e.g. |
| Come out second best |
| End up in last place |
| Finish last, perhaps |
| Go home empty-handed |
| Have fewer runs, say |
| Kiss "Nothin' to ___ |
| Miss the blue ribbon |
| Be bested or worsted |
| Draw the wrong straw |
| Finish in last place |
| Get bluffed out, say |
| Take the booby prize |
| What most gamblers do |
| Disappoint one's fans |
| Emulate a fabled hare |
| Fail to keep track of |
| Finish last in a race |
| Finish second or last |
| Shake, as a detective |
| Come up a second short |
| Finish second, perhaps |
| Shake off, as a shadow |
| Attain also-ran status |
| Fare badly at the track |
| Receive the booby prize |
| Shake, as a police tail |
| Win on Weight Watchers? |
| Get rid of, so to speak |
| Misplace, as one's keys |
| Shake off, as a pursuer |
| Succeed with one's diet |
| Finish out of the medals |
| Have no luck at gambling |
| Take it on the chin, say |
| Allow to go out of sight |
| Leave Vegas empty-handed |
| Draw the short straw, say |
| Earn 'consolation prizes' |
| Go home empty-handed, say |
| Score the 3 in a 4-3 game |
| Word before face or heart |
| Come in behind the others |
| Be an unsuccessful gambler |
| Heads I win, tails you ___ |
| Alternative to win or draw |
| Hit the top in Tetris, e.g. |
| Watch an opponent walk-off? |
| What schlimazels usually do |
| Be behind when time runs out |
| Finish last in a competition |
| Throw a walk-off homer, e.g. |
| Disappoint the coach, perhaps |
| Doors "Try now we can only __ |
| Misplace, as one's sunglasses |
| Born to ___" Social Distortion |
| Allman Bros. "Win, ___ or Draw |
| Earn some lovely parting gifts |
| Get the highest score, in golf |
| Give up a walk-off homer, e.g. |
| Make a successful getaway from |
| ''Rikki Don't ___ That Number'' |
| End up with a consolation prize |
| Be a consolation round candidate |
| Eric Carmen "Make Me ___ Control |
| What you may do when you snooze? |
| You might do it if you're behind |
| Qualify for the consolation round |
| Lionel Richie "Don't Wanna ___ You |
| What you might do when you snooze? |
| Come in second in a two-person race |
| If I Ever ___ My Faith in You" Sting |
| Win, ___ or Draw" (1987-1990 game show) |
| Have a straight to your opponent's flush, say |
| Run out of lives in Super Mario Bros., for example |