Related Clues:

• Place last, say
• Suffer defeat
• Almost win
• Get upset, in a way
• Fawn
• Get checkmated
• Defer obsequiously
• Be beaten
• Succeed on a diet
• Bootlick
• Throw a walk-off homer, e.g.
• Get beaten
• Bow obsequiously
• Shake, in a way
• Get bested