come off second best

They'd come off second best every time, and paid a heavy price in blood.

In all of the earlier ones, Obama came off second best, but not this time.

Somehow she always came off second best when they fought.

Even in his dreams, Ray still came off second best.

They came off second best, and we haven't spoken to them since.

"That you'd tangled with the kid and come off second best.

"Whenever your troops and ours meet in battle, yours always come off second best."

There was a short scrimmage in which the brutes came off second best, as they always did.

"When amateurs like that get into hand-to-hand with professional soldiers, they'll come off second best every time."

Dogs that bite toads usually come off second best.

Before Jettero could stop him, he'd come off second best."

As usual, he came off second best.

Linford reckoned he'd come off second best in the encounter.

Drinkwater was the only member of the Council willing to put up a fight and seldom came off second best.

I am afraid Graham Greene comes off second best".

A smudge of crimson marked the point where nasal cartilage met wood and came off second best.

He's generally got two defenders around him as hopeful balls are being played towards his chest, and he's coming off second best every time.

There were many brawls during the match, with the Galahs coming off second best in all of them.

Their lethal toxic venom ensured that anything that ate them came off second best.

It had been his first encounter with the Old Nation Indians and he had come off second best.

Joseph walked on rapidly, with the certain knowledge that he had come off second best, and Perth understood him far better than he wished.

"Carmina Burana" came off second best at the company's opening on Tuesday night.

Indeed, in the disputations that he is recorded as having carried out, with other University Doctors, he always comes off second best.

Due to the nature of his vehicle mode, he would often be pitched into aerial combat with Guardian commander Leader-1, invariably coming off second best.

'Peyt came off second best and he'll feel the sharp edge of my tongue as well as due punishment.