Answer: loses

AnswerCrossword Clue
LOSESShakes off
LOSESDiets successfully
LOSESShakes, so to speak
LOSESFinishes second
LOSESComes in second
LOSESGoes down
LOSESGets beaten
LOSESIs bested
LOSESMeets one's Waterloo
LOSESSuffers defeat
LOSESGets the booby prize
LOSESGets bested
LOSESDraws the short straw, say
LOSESBlows, perhaps
LOSESGets knocked off
LOSESShakes, as a tail
LOSESGets rid of, as weight
LOSESMislays
LOSESRacks up zeros
LOSESForfeits
losesrun slow
LOSESEscapes from
LOSESGets licked
LOSESDoesn't win
LOSESFalls short, in points
LOSESSheds, as weight
LOSESBlows it
LOSESComes up short
LOSESGets eliminated
LOSESDoesn't carry the day
LOSESAllows to get away
LOSESGets whupped
LOSESGoes down to defeat
LOSESMisplaces
LOSESSucceeds with one's diet
LOSESComes in last
LOSESGets the consolation prize
LOSESFails to prevail
LOSESWins the battle of the bulge, ironically
LOSESGoes down in defeat