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Vocabobobo Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary
"edging all comers"
Hello. I just came across this phrase, "edge all comers" in TIME.
This phrase is in the following sentence: In head-to-head matchups in the TIME poll, former new York City mayor Rudolph Giuliani edges all comers. Respondents rate him highest as a potential boss.
I looked up the web-definitions of the word edge (as a verb), but I couldn't find any definition that gives me a clear idea what the phrase exactly means.
Please help.
This phrase is in the following sentence: In head-to-head matchups in the TIME poll, former new York City mayor Rudolph Giuliani edges all comers. Respondents rate him highest as a potential boss.
I looked up the web-definitions of the word edge (as a verb), but I couldn't find any definition that gives me a clear idea what the phrase exactly means.
Please help.
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RG has the edge on (has the advantage over) all comers (all his competitors/all the other candidates) because of the positive feedback from the opinion polls. All comers is an expression taken from the old tradition of bare-knuckle fighting at travelling fairs, where the resident champion would offer to take on all comers (fight any volunteers from the audience); so choosing this phrase carries images of a boxing match.
- RG has the edge on (has the advantage over) all comers (all his competitors/all the other candidates) because of the positive feedback from the opinion polls.
- All comers is an expression taken from the old tradition of bare-knuckle fighting at travelling fairs, where the resident champion would offer to take on all comers (fight any volunteers from the audience); so choosing this phrase carries images of a boxing match.
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RG has the edge on (has the advantage over) all comers (all his competitors/all the other candidates) because of the positive feedback from the opinion polls.
All comers is an expression taken from the old tradition of bare-knuckle fighting at travelling fairs, where the resident champion would offer to take on all comers (fight any volunteers from the audience); so choosing this phrase c
All comers is an expression taken from the old tradition of bare-knuckle fighting at travelling fairs, where the resident champion would offer to take on all comers (fight any volunteers from the audience); so choosing this phrase c
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To find it in a dictionary, go to Merriam-Webster online:
http://209.161.33.50/dictionary/edge
select
edge [2, verb]
and see definition 4:
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4: to defeat by a small margin -- often used with out <edged out her
opponen
http://209.161.33.50/dictionary/edge
select
edge [2, verb]
and see definition 4:
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4: to defeat by a small margin -- often used with out <edged out her
opponen
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