trail by

trail someone or something by something

to have a smaller score than someone or something by a specific number of points. Our team trails the visiting team by only six points. I trailed her by only a few points.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Abdul-Rahman	-	Arabic
Channing	CHAN-ing	English (Modern)
Nastja	-	Slovene
Scheherazade	-	Literature
Whitman	['hwitmən]
Beatrice	['bi:ətris]