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edge out
verb as in defeat narrowly
Weak matches
Example Sentences
The Robins earned a week off and home semi-final after finishing second in the table, while Wolves needed golden-point extra-time to edge out St Helens in an elimination play-off thriller to get to within 80 minutes of their first Grand Final since 2018.
Carlos Alcaraz came from a set down to edge out world number one Jannik Sinner in a dramatic China Open final.
But he returned to form by clearing 2.34m to edge out Oleh Doroshchuk of Ukraine, with South Korea's Sanghyeok Woo third.
It has to be slicked back with pounds of gel – not an edge out of place.
Japan overcame a shocking fall by reigning Olympic all-around champion Hashimoto Daiki on pommel horse to edge out China, which suffered three falls on high bar in the final rotation.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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