Related Clues:

• Mislays
• Fails to show
• Shakes, so to speak
• Gets the consolation prize
• Wins the battle of the bulge, ironically
• Fails to prevail
• Doesn't maintain
• Doesn't carry the day
• Takes a licking
• Earns the booby prize
• Draws the short straw, say
• Is unable to find
• Gets knocked off
• Shakes, as a tail
• Blows, perhaps