one-down

adjective

1. informal,  having conceded an advantage or lead to someone or something

Example Sentences

Coming from one-down with four to play, it was just the sort of flip the American side desperately needed, one that may or may not prove to be significant over the next two days.

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You can be one-up and boundary-less, one-down and boundary-less, one-down and walled-off, or one-up and walled-off.

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This is a celebration of regeneration through violence, the central theme in masculinity, from one-down to the one-up.

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Would it be Ryan Moore, who had just won a hole from Lee Westwood just below where I stood on the hillock overlooking the 16th green, and was now heading to the 17th one-down and trying to salvage a half?

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Starting in the one-down position certainly puts the pressure on to perform.

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