Answer:

loses

Answer	Crossword Clue
LOSES	Gets whupped
LOSES	Gets licked
LOSES	Doesn't win

LOSES	Falls short, in points
LOSES	Sheds, as weight
LOSES	Blows it
LOSES	Comes up short
LOSES	Gets eliminated
LOSES	Doesn't carry the day
LOSES	Allows to get away
LOSES	Escapes from

LOSES	Goes down to defeat
LOSES	Misplaces
LOSES	Succeeds with one's diet
LOSES	Comes in last
LOSES	Gets the consolation prize
LOSES	Fails to prevail
LOSES	Wins the battle of the bulge, ironically
LOSES	Goes down in defeat

LOSES	Takes it on the chin
LOSES	Gets bested
LOSES	Diets successfully
LOSES	Shakes, so to speak
LOSES	Finishes second
LOSES	Comes in second
LOSES	Goes down
LOSES	Gets beaten

LOSES	Is bested
LOSES	Meets one's Waterloo
LOSES	Suffers defeat
LOSES	Gets the booby prize
LOSES	Shakes off
LOSES	Draws the short straw, say
LOSES	Blows, perhaps
LOSES	Gets knocked off

LOSES	Shakes, as a tail
LOSES	Gets rid of, as weight
LOSES	Mislays
LOSES	Racks up zeros
LOSES	Forfeits