pip to the post
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pip to the post
verb pips to the post · pipping to the post · pipped to the post · pip at the post
- To overcome a strong competitor in a sporting event, especially by gaining a small advantage at the last decisive moment. "Pipped to the post: What happens to famous athletes who just miss a place on the podium?" (end of the title) A place on the podium can be missed by tiny fractions – and finish a career. Simon Usborne talks to some famous Olympian losers about the moment their dream ended.
- To overcome a prominent competitor, gaining their position, especially by making a smart, sudden move. What may bar EastEnders from acceptance in the U.S. is not immorality but unintelligibility. PBS may even distribute a glossary of Cockney phrases so that Americans will know what a character means when he or she is "over the moon," "skint," "pipped to the post," or "in the club" (happy, broke, defe
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