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New2grammar Posted 18 years ago
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antonym of underdog

0What's the antonym of 'underdog' ?02br
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0 I'd suggest 'the favorite'.0-
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0 The expected winner, the front-runner. 0-
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00At first, I thought you were kidding 05000 . My dictionary agrees with you. But I wonder why the other native speakers didn't suggest it. Is it a common term?010id1
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0Roget's Thesaurus agrees with me. 05002br
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0Which one didn't you think was appropriate? 02br
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00Favorite or front-runner make perfect sense to me.0-
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0I'm comfortable using the favorite and front-runner but a bit reserved when it comes to topdog. I guess it's a new term to me so I lack confidence.0-
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0My estimate of it is that 01i00underdog02i00 has entered "much deeper" into the standard lexicon than 01i00topdog02i00. In describing candidates for political office, for example, journalists use the term 01i00underdog02i00 all the time -- to the point that we native speakers almost don't register the idea of "dog" when the
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0 My immediate response was"topdog". Maybe it's too idiomatic for some.0-
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01cite10CalifJim12cite10My estimate of it is that 11i10underdog12i10 has entered "much deeper" into the standard lexicon than 11i10topdog12i10. In describing candidates for political office, for example, journalists use the term 11i10underdog12i10 all the time -- to the point
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