- LOSES
- Emulates Piccolo Jr. in the 23rd World Martial Arts Tournament :(
- Thinks about The Game, perhaps
- Gets whupped
- Gets licked
- Doesn't win
- Falls short, in points
- Sheds, as weight
- Blows it
- Comes up short
- Gets eliminated
- Doesn't carry the day
- Goes down in defeat
- Takes it on the chin
- Gets bested
- Diets successfully
- Shakes, so to speak
- Finishes second
- Comes in second
- Goes down
- Gets beaten
- Is bested
- Meets one's Waterloo
- Suffers defeat
- Gets the booby prize
- Shakes off
- Allows to get away
- Escapes from
- Goes down to defeat
- Misplaces
- Succeeds with one's diet
- Comes in last
- Gets the consolation prize
- Fails to prevail
- Wins the battle of the bulge, ironically
- Draws the short straw, say
- Blows, perhaps
- Gets knocked off
- Shakes, as a tail
- Gets rid of, as weight
- Gets rid of
- Doesn't prevail
- Isn't elected
- Sheds
- Topples the Jenga tower, say
- Mislays
- Forfeits
- Surrenders the title (to)
- Is deprived of
- Shakes
- Is defeated
- Doesn't maintain
- Is stopped on the field
- Manages to elude
- Can't find
- Qualifies for the booby prize
- Squanders.
- Gets the short end.
- Lets slip.
- Trails the field.
- Misses.
- ___ one's head.
- Ceases to have.
- Misses out on
- Wastes
- Becomes an also-ran
- Finishes last
- Blows the game
- Is bested or worsted
- Comes out last
- Poirot ___ a Client: Christie
- Gets nosed out
- Outdistances
- Christie's "Poirot ___ a Client"
- Takes the count
- Is outscored
- Is schneidered
- Fails to show
- Is eliminated from competition
- Takes a drubbing
- Leaves in the dust
- Has confiscated
- Comes up short, say
- Earns the booby prize
- Shakes, as in a car chase
- Gives the slip
- Finishes with fewer votes
- Takes an "L"
- Draws the short straw
- Crosses the finish line last, say
- Gets the high score ... in golf
- What second place at battle of the bands does
- Gets licked, in battle of bands
- Doesn't make it to the Final Four, perhaps
- Emulates most Las Vegas visitors
- Comes in second, third or fourth
- Finishes a close second
- Accepts defeat
- Suffers defeats
- Blows the victory
- Is badly beaten
- Doesn't get the gold
- Shows rock against paper, for example
- Fails to win
- Heads for the cellar
- Fails to retain
- Comes a cropper
- Flips out with it
- Takes a dive
- Emulates many Las Vegas visitors
- Suffers a 47-Across
- Suffers a defeat
- Comes in second in a duel
- Disobeys Simon, say
- Gets defeated
- Runs a close second or a distant last
- Isn't victorious
- Falls short
- Takes a dive, say
- Throws, say
- Doesn't get the W
- Takes the L
- Ditches
- Takes a licking
- Suffers the agony of defeat
- Gets trounced
- Gets skunked
- Brings up the rear, e.g.
