Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

came off second best

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.09 in modern English

Syllables
came of-f sec-ond best
IPA
32
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does came off second best mean?
simple past of come off second best.

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