Related Clues:

• Fails to retain
• Heads for the cellar
• Comes in second
• Takes it on the chin
• Finishes last
• Acknowledges applause
• Finishes out of the money
• Leaves in the dust
• Gets trounced
• Archaic greetings
• Present prettifiers
• Fiddle sticks
• Places last
• Archers' needs
• Meets one's Waterloo