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.
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More than 18,000 people took part in a poll to name her (just narrowly edging out Dumplin').
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Shane Savitsky, Axios, 5 Oct. 2024
Favorite brands: Starbucks edges out Dunkin' as the favorite coffee brand, with 48% of those in the Drive Research survey preferring that brand, compared to 45% for Dunkin'.
—Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 28 Sep. 2024
Quarterly commentary Costco’s fourth-quarter gross margins of 11% edged out the Wall Street estimate of 10.94%, up 39 basis points on a reported basis and 33 basis points when excluding gas inflation.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 27 Sep. 2024
And this edged out the previous record, which guess what, was set in 2023.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024
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Shane Savitsky, Axios, 5 Oct. 2024
Favorite brands: Starbucks edges out Dunkin' as the favorite coffee brand, with 48% of those in the Drive Research survey preferring that brand, compared to 45% for Dunkin'.
—Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 28 Sep. 2024
Quarterly commentary Costco’s fourth-quarter gross margins of 11% edged out the Wall Street estimate of 10.94%, up 39 basis points on a reported basis and 33 basis points when excluding gas inflation.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 27 Sep. 2024
And this edged out the previous record, which guess what, was set in 2023.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024
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“Edge out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/edge%20out. Accessed 22 Oct. 2024.
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