Phrase guide
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Sound
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verb
To defeat in a contest or a game by a narrow margin of victory.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To gradually exclude; to push someone or something further and further into the margins until they/it is entirely outside of a space.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
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Across languages
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
