one-downmanship
/wʌnˈdaʊnmənʃɪp/(also one-downsmanship)
noun
The art or practice of being or appearing to be at a disadvantage.
Origin
1960s; earliest use found in The Times. From one-down + -manship, after one-upmanship.
- ligature
- liger
- Ligeti, György Sándor
- ligger
- light
- light a fire under
- light a fire under someone
- light air
- light ale
- light and shade
- light at the end of the tunnel
- Light Blue
- light box
- light breeze
- Light Brigade, Charge of the
- light bulb
- light-bulb moment
- light chain
- light-coloured
- light cone
- light cream
- light curve
- lighten
- lightener
- light engine