edged (out)

verb

Definition of edged (out)next
past tense of edge (out)
as in nosed out

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  1. blew away
  2. swept
  3. got around
  4. buried
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  • But when drought struck Oklahoma and surrounding states, as drought regularly did, the topsoil dried out and blew away.
    — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Like Texas, Wisconsin has passed bipartisan tax breaks to entice companies to do business there and were losing out on revenue when the profits blew away their projections.
    — David Weigel, semafor.com, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of blew away
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  • The Patriots, Bills and Dolphins all swept Gang Green in Glenn’s first season.
    — Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 18 Oct. 2026
  • The Dream are still yet to win a finals game, swept in each of their previous three trips.
    — Janie McCauley, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of swept
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  • When word got around, more famous people started popping in, Delany says.
    — Sam Kashner, Vanity Fair, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Although the city, bound by a freakishly heavy snowfall and bitter cold, was hard to traverse, Dylan, now with plenty of time on his hands, got around.
    — Sean Wilentz, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of got around
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  • First, Protas buried a cross-zone feed from Alex Ovechkin to give Washington the 2-1 lead.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026
  • The grave contained no grave goods — objects buried alongside the dead — but archaeologists were able to estimate its age based on the skeleton's crouched position and the grave's relationship to the nearby settlement and one of its houses.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
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“Edged (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/edged%20%28out%29. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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