underdog

outsider

Personne ou équipe dont la plupart des gens pensent qu’elle va perdre une compétition.

En anglais simple : A person or team that most people expect to lose a competition.

• Our team is the underdog.
• The underdogs beat the champions yesterday.
• Do you usually support the underdog?

Synonymes : outsider

Contraires : favourite

Expressions courantes : the underdog, support the underdog

défavorisé

Personne ou groupe qui a moins de pouvoir, d’argent ou de possibilités que les autres.

En anglais simple : A person or group with less power, money, or opportunity than others.

• She always helps the underdog.
• The charity supports underdogs in society.
• He sided with the underdog in the workplace dispute.

Expressions courantes : help the underdog, side with the underdog

poussée par-dessous

Poussée où l’on court sous la balançoire pendant que la personne assise part vers l’avant.

En anglais simple : A push on a swing where the helper runs underneath as the rider moves forward.

• Dad gave me an underdog.
• She ran beneath the swing to finish the underdog.
• The children asked for more underdogs at the playground.

Synonymes : underpush

Expressions courantes : give an underdog, do an underdog