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What does underdog mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word underdog? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. A competitor thought unlikely to win.
  2. Somebody at a disadvantage.
  3. A high swing wherein the person pushing the swing runs beneath the swing while the person being pushed is at the forward limit of the arc.
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There's an innate tappable sympathy for the underdog, in sports as well as investment.
Another example of the underdog making good is the rise and rise of the documentary feature.
Some goof-ups actually turn you from a favorite into an underdog on the hand.
The underdog shows us people working together to overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles.
If any group of white ethnics should have a sense of what it is to be an outsider and underdog, it should be the Irish.
In his lifetime, he became a symbol of courage to a deprived country, the underdog in all his fights and still coming out on top.

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