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below someone

ranking below someone. I am below Terri, but my scores are better than Carol's. I am below everyone in the class.

*below someone or something

positioned under or lower than someone or something. (*Typically: be ~; lie ~; sink ~; sit ~.) The sun is below the horizon. The swimming hole is below the dam.

See:

• a cut below
• a notch below
• be below par
• be below the belt
• below
• below (one's) breath
• below average
• below par
• below the belt
• below the belt, hit
• below the breadline
• below the salt
• drop below
• fall below
• go below
• hit below (one's) weight
• hit below the belt
• hit someone below the belt
• keep (one's) head below the parapet
• marry below oneself
• notch below
• proud below the navel
• punch below (one's) weight
• rate below
• rate below else Go to rate below
• send below
• sink below
• take below