Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

edge out

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.73 in modern English

Syllables: edge out
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To defeat in a contest or a game by a narrow margin of victory.

verb

To gradually exclude; to push someone or something further and further into the margins until they/it is entirely outside of a space.

Example Sentences

"Barcelona edged out in the penalties scoring 3-2."
"Crawley missed two penalties but still edged out League Two Torquay to become the first non-league side to reach the FA Cup fifth round for 17 years."
"Since the Second World War and the rise of the middle-class "clone gay” in the US and a similar move away from homosexual effeminacy in Britain—often rooted in working class culture—gender nonconforming or effeminate gay males have been edged out of mainstream understandings of what it means to be gay."

Inflected Forms

edges out (present, singular) edging out (participle, present) edged out (participle, past) edged out (past)

Questions

What does edge out mean?: To defeat in a contest or a game by a narrow margin of victory.

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