Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

coming off second best

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.05 in modern English

Syllables
com-ing of-f sec-ond best
IPA
35
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of come off second best

Questions

What does coming off second best mean?
present participle and gerund of come off second best

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