Usually means: Lose or be defeated slightly.
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  1. come off second best: Merriam-Webster
  2. come off second best: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. come off second best: Collins English Dictionary
  4. come off second best: Dictionary.com
  5. come off second best: Wiktionary

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  1. come off second best: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (come off second best)

verb:  To be defeated in competition; be on the losing side.

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