outcast - a person who is rejected (from society or home)

a great turn out

I didn’t make the cut!

Time to step up the notch

Got knocked on the floor

Outsmart

Get the fudge out!

I am not trying to call you out!

It’s (on ?) all the way

lousy - very bad; "a lousy play"

In a heartbeat!

Someone evidently tipped off the press.

The furthest thing from his mind.

go for the jugular: to attack fiercely in order to have no doubt about winning He was a politician known as someone who went for the jugular of his opponent.

Have gone into a seclusion

Despair : To lose all hope: do you sometimes despair of human nature?

They take more joy in tearing someone down.

Bring you down.

sombre - grave or even gloomy in character;

petrified adjective 1. TERRIFIED, horrified, shocked, frozen,

After that, it was just a smooth sailing

Crutch

Boot camp