EDGE OUT Synonyms: 88 Similar and Opposite Words

edge (out)

verb

Definition of edge (out)

as in to nose out

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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

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For players who are or have the potential to be mainstays — think first baseman/outfielder Kyle Stowers and middle infield combination Otto Lopez and Xavier Edwards — the Marlins would need to be blown away with the offer.

— Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 29 July 2026
Everyone was blown away that this happened under their noses.

— Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 28 July 2026

Definition of blow away

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In France, some people even fled by boat when flames swept through touristic towns on the Atlantic coast.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 July 2026
In fact, the administration was sweeping in condemning the rest of the world - including its strongest allies and largest trading partners - on this topic.

— Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR, 24 July 2026

Definition of sweep

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Deputies unlawfully confiscated Cedar, who was then slaughtered before his family ever had the chance to challenge the seizure in court.

— Vanessa Shakib, Oc Register, 23 July 2026
Up to 182,000 Kurds were slaughtered by Hussein’s forces, including 5,000 in one day in the infamous chemical attack on Halabja on March 16, 1988.

— Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

Definition of slaughter

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Lyles is the best 200-meter sprinter in the world — though Bednarek took silver in the event at the Summer Olympics, besting Lyles, who took third while battling COVID.

— Marcus Thompson II, New York Times, 25 July 2026
And by exceeding expectations so spectacularly on nomination morning, Widow’s Bay seized the thrust in the comedy category despite Hacks’s superior nomination count (24 nominations, besting its previous high of 17 nominations in 2022).

— Joe Reid, Vulture, 25 July 2026

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