Synonyms for edging out
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : ej |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɛdʒ |
Définition of edging out
Origin :- late 13c., "to give an edge to" (implied in past participle egged), from edge (n.). Meaning "to move edgeways (with the edge toward the spectator), advance slowly" is from 1620s, originally nautical. Meaning "to defeat by a narrow margin" is from 1953. The meaning "urge on, incite" (16c.) often must be a mistake for egg (v.). Related: Edged; edging.
- verb defeat narrowly
- It looked as if he were edging out from under—or maybe he really believed that.
- Extract from : « Sense from Thought Divide » by Mark Irvin Clifton
- Edging out of the door, Penny pretended not to hear the latter remark.
- Extract from : « Whispering Walls » by Mildred A. Wirt
- Meanwhile Mac had fastened the handkerchief of his mistress on the end of a switch he had picked up and was edging out of range.
- Extract from : « Wyoming, a Story of the Outdoor West » by William MacLeod Raine
- Steve, profiting by Miller's advice, kept his gaze fixed on the face of the opposing end who was edging out into the field.
- Extract from : « Left End Edwards » by Ralph Henry Barbour
- Boone, after his marriage, and after his edging out westward toward the head of the Yadkin, lived much as he had done before.
- Extract from : « The Way to the West » by Emerson Hough
- But little Mr. Justice Sawrey, edging out of the group officiously, set spurs to his own horse and trotted after him.
- Extract from : « A Book of Quaker Saints » by Lucy Violet Hodgkin
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