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Idioms and Phrases

Surpass or defeat by a small margin, as in She edged out her opponent on the home stretch . [Late 1800s]
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Taking a bit of the edge out of his delivery, Stewart added: “Capitalism is, by definition, exploitative. That’s how it operates. That’s fine. But then government’s role should be to ease the negative effects on Americans of that exploitation, not subsidize that treachery with our money. We’re getting f—ed at a Diddy party and they’re making us buy the baby oil.”

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If Britain were an American state, it would barely edge out Mississippi — our poorest state — in per capita gross domestic product.

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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.

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Carlos Alcaraz came from a set down to edge out world number one Jannik Sinner in a dramatic China Open final.

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But he returned to form by clearing 2.34m to edge out Oleh Doroshchuk of Ukraine, with South Korea's Sanghyeok Woo third.

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