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runners up
n. (plural of runner up English)
Usage examples of "runners up".
Guards were now dispatched on fast runners up every road leading from the Hold to find any travelers journeying from the Gather.
Following a wild pitch that moves the runners up to second and third, Matt Hoyt bangs one on the ground to Kevin Rochefort.
Then another pause as she pondered whether to treat the steep runners up to my attic as steps or a ladder.