Be/come a poor second, third, etc. verb phrase
To finish a competition, especially a race, a long way behind the winner
Tim was sad because he came a poor second in the school contest.
Sadly, Mac was a poor third in the race despite all the hard work he put into his training.
The rival was so fast that he made our player came a poor second.
To be considered lower in value or quality in comparison with the other thing
To me, health is everything and money is a poor second.
Having extremely poor quality, value or position
The verb "be/come" should be conjugated according to its tense.
1. The phrase is used to talk about the earth that is broken up and flattened by a harrow.
2. If somebody is under the harrow, he or she is forced to experience distress, or torment.
1. About 1000 hectares of farmland have been under the harrow for 2 hours.
2. Many families are under the harrow because of the economic recession.