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win by a nose

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.45 in modern English

Syllables
win by a nose
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To win by a small margin; to have a narrow victory.

Etymology

From horse racing, where the winning horse is slightly ahead, and the length of the nose separates it from the runner-up.

Inflected Forms

wins by a nose (present, singular) winning by a nose (participle, present) won by a nose (participle, past) won by a nose (past)

Questions

What does win by a nose mean?
To win by a small margin; to have a narrow victory.
Where does win by a nose come from?
From horse racing, where the winning horse is slightly ahead, and the length of the nose separates it from the runner-up.

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