edge (out)

verb

Definition of edge (out)next
as in to nose out

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for edge (out)
  1. nose out
  2. blow out
  3. blow away
  4. sweep
  5. skin
  6. slaughter
  7. best
  8. bury
Verb
  • Fleur and Caroline put innumerable noses out of joint on their paths to creative and intellectual fulfillment; lovers become dejected, friendships are left to go cold, and each woman’s devotion to her work is viewed with resentment and suspicion.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 June 2026
  • Rasmussen’s high placement (nosing out Skenes) might surprise you.
    — Tony Blengino, Forbes.com, 2 Mar. 2026
Definition of nose out
Verb
  • The weather should be good for tonight with the wind slightly blowing out to right field.
    — David Troy OutKick, FOXNews.com, 15 June 2026
  • While Boeing wants to build and deliver more 737 Max planes, its production is capped by the Federal Aviation Administration, which put limits on its manufacturing after a door plug blew out on an Alaska Airlines plane in January 2024.
    — Phil LeBeau,Meghan Reeder, CNBC, 5 June 2026
Definition of blow out
Verb
  • His face is intact; only the back of his skull has been blown away.
    — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026
  • But both professional and civilian advocates of the bill have been blown away by how the post-production community rallied behind it.
    — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of blow away
Verb
  • After the Giants punched their ticket by sweeping two games from the Ports, Haines confirmed that Flora would take the ball one more time in next week’s best-of-3 series against Lake Elsinore.
    — Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Officers covered all exits while others swept the interior, including homing in on locked doors.
    — Valerie Gonzalez, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of sweep
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  • Thanks to camelia, olive, rosehip, and turmeric, this formula improves collagen production, smooths wrinkles, reduces inflammation, speeds up healing, and firms skin.
    — Tamim Alnuweiri, InStyle, 19 Aug. 2026
  • If hunting or skinning animals, use gloves, and cook game meat thoroughly before eating.
    — Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of skin
Verb
  • In the present, Kirk has to stop Reeger from wholesale slaughtering an entire planet, which involves beaming into the bowels of the ship to sabotage the ship’s phaser banks.
    — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2026
  • For every pig that a farmer sends to slaughter, about 70 cents to $1 is collected for a semi-governmental group called the National Pork Board.
    — Kenny Torrella, Vox, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of slaughter
Verb
  • Having created this monster, Hansen now has to feed it; going up against Lost, To Catch a Predator needs to best itself every week.
    — Damon Wise, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2026
  • The result—just the latest in a recent flurry of cases where a major technology company has bested American antitrust efforts—raises fresh questions about what will actually succeed in halting Big Tech’s outsized power and influence.
    — Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of best
Verb
  • Colonizers call it voluntary emigration, but there is nothing voluntary about fleeing after your home has been bombed, your fields poisoned, your water cut off and your child buried.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Over one tense weekend, old patterns and buried wounds surface in front of in-laws and guests, until the celebration fractures into a confrontation.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of bury
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