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English term or phrase:
third-place runner-up
English answer:
fourth place finisher
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third-place runner-up
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The lists are all headed, unlikely as this seems, by the third-place runner-up from the 2003 Welsh-language version of Pop Idol.
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David Russi
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Native in: English , Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
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fourth place finisher
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runner-up
Runner-up is a term used to denote a participant which finishes in second place in any of a variety of competitive endeavors, most notably sporting events and beauty pageants; in the latter instance, the term is applied to more than one of the highest-ranked non-winning contestants, the second-place finisher being designated "first runner-up," the third-place finisher "second runner-up," and so on.
Runner-up is a term used to denote a participant which finishes in second place in any of a variety of competitive endeavors, most notably sporting events and beauty pageants; in the latter instance, the term is applied to more than one of the highest-ranked non-winning contestants, the second-place finisher being designated "first runner-up," the third-place finisher "second runner-up," and so on.
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