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
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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
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  • 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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  • Add Heidi Gardner to the list of guests at the Taylor Swift-Travis Kelce wedding who were blown away by how such a grand event could be made to feel so intimate.
    — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Lots of them are blown away by the fact something looking like this is a Harley.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of blow away
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  • With sweltering heat still lingering over Southern California, many social media users have started capturing an adorable phenomenon sweeping across the region's squirrel population — splooting.
    — Hunter Sowards, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Where does this leave pop prince Harry Styles, who swept at his last Grammys with Harry’s House?
    — Jaeden Pinder, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of sweep
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  • One of the animals had been fully skinned while the other had been quartered.
    — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026
  • 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
Definition of skin
Verb
  • Already, in South Africa, an ostrich flock that survives bird flu would only be quarantined and rigorously tested for reinfection, not slaughtered.
    — J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Every year, live chickens are confined and slaughtered at makeshift sites on Brooklyn streets and sidewalks.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of slaughter
Verb
  • The musical grossed a whopping $2,608,571, easily besting runner-up The Lion King‘s $1,700,873.
    — Greg Evans, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Oregon coach Dan Lanning has bested Riley in both of their head-to-head meetings, too.
    — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of best
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  • The Super-Kamiokande experiment, an enormous 110 million-pound (50-kiloton) vessel of ultrapure water buried under a mountain in Japan, discovered in 1998 that neutrinos produced in the atmosphere were oscillating.
    — Doug Cowen, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2026
  • The infrastructure is buried underground, already doing its work for the citizens.
    — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of bury
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“Edge (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/edge%20%28out%29. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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