edge out

phrasal verb

edged out; edging out; edges out

: to slowly become more successful, popular, etc., than (someone or something)

The company is gradually edging out the competition.

Efficiency has edged out price as the top reason people give for buying the car.

Examples of edge out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Despite there being an equal number of male and female competitors at this year’s Olympics in a historic move by the IOC, women generally edged out the men across nations. —

Rivea Ruff, Essence, 12 Aug. 2024 After edging out Chivas in penalty kicks, San Jose looked poised for a result against the best MLS squad on the West Coast. —

Christian Babcock, The Mercury News, 31 July 2024 Smith edged out silver medalist Tang Qianting of China and Mona McSharry of Ireland, who took home bronze. —

Greg Rosenstein, NBC News, 30 July 2024 The warming neared its apex on Sunday, when data from the Copernicus Climate Change Service, the European climate monitor, showed the global average temperature edging out a record set a little over a year earlier. —

Sarah Kaplan, Washington Post, 27 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for edge out

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