"tener las de perder" meaning in Spanish

See tener las de perder in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: tengo las de perder [first-person, present, singular], tuve las de perder [first-person, preterite, singular], tenido las de perder [participle, past]
Head templates: {{es-verb}} tener las de perder (first-person singular present tengo las de perder, first-person singular preterite tuve las de perder, past participle tenido las de perder)
  1. (idiomatic) to be highly likely to lose; to be an underdog Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-tener_las_de_perder-es-verb-ZC3synEC
  2. (idiomatic) be on (to) a loser Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-tener_las_de_perder-es-verb-0SThZrfe Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 26 74

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