outsider, overdog, contender, longshot, favorites, victor, underachiever, matchup, opponent, loser, rematch, frontrunner, overachiever, squeaker, upstart, hero, pushover, letdown, victory, triumph, upsets, oddsmaker, spoiler, carpetbagger, barnburner, dogfight, wins, losable, battler, slugfest, winner, everyman, overachieving, pretender, late bloomer, creampuff, toughie, trouncing, challenger, shellacking, defeat, cinderella, wild card, punching bag, puncher, betting odds, beat, tossup, shocker, measuring stick, outfighting, heartbreaker, heavyweight, schneid, gutty, championship, doormat, champion, comer, rans, quitter, mudder, mauler, homefield, whupping, cakewalk, champ, drubbing, stunner, lightweights, rooting, foe, opening line, dreamer, snoozer, playoff, showdown, unluckiness, journeyman, stinker, elder statesman, relishes, patsy, nemesis, embraceable, homecourt advantage, scrapper, dejecting, blue collar, comeback, ichthyomancy, powerhouse, newcomer, archrival, rivalry, struggler, odds, wildcard, outcast, fluke, yawner, boxings, underdogs, outcasts, predominance, soldier, ascendancy, progressives, slavery, toilers, comrades, ghetto, underclass, artisan, capitalists, captain, compatriots, enclave, expatriate, family, antiestablishment, archetypal, proletarian, protectionist, conservative, oppressed, subjugated, archetypical, called, chauvinist, dominant, independent, neutralist, socalled, tragicomic, antagonistic, apolitical, ascendant, centrist, colonialist

pull

failure, nonstarter, unsuccessful person