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  • pip at the post — ► pip at the post defeat at the last moment. Main Entry: ↑pip …   English terms dictionary

  • pip someone at the post — phrase to defeat someone very near the end of a competition, game etc Thesaurus: to defeat someone in a game, competition or argumentsynonym Main entry: pip …   Useful english dictionary

  • pip someone at (or to) the post — defeat someone at the last moment. → pip …   English new terms dictionary

  • pip (someone) at the post — Vrb Phrs. To beat someone to the finish and by a small margin. Informal …   English slang and colloquialisms

  • pip (someone) at the post — Vrb Phrs. To beat someone to the finish and by a small margin. Informal …   English slang and colloquialisms

  • pip someone at the post — to defeat someone very near the end of a competition, game etc …   English dictionary

  • pip — Ⅰ. pip [1] ► NOUN ▪ a small hard seed in a fruit. ORIGIN abbreviation of PIPPIN(Cf. ↑pippin). Ⅱ. pip [2] ► NOUN (the pips) Brit …   English terms dictionary

  • pipped at the post — Defeated at the point when success seemed certain, or at the last moment • • • Main Entry: ↑pip …   Useful english dictionary

  • post — I n. mail 1) (BE) see mailI 2) (BE) free post 3) (CE) parcel post 4) (BE) by return of post (AE has by return mail) II v. (BE) 1) (A) she posted the book to me; or: she posted me the book 2) (D; tr.) to post …   Combinatory dictionary

  • pip — 1. noun /pɪp/ a) Any of various respiratory diseases in birds, especially infectious coryza. She sure is a pip, that one. You need company? b) Of humans, a disease, malaise or depression …   Wiktionary

  • pip — 1. n. & v. n. the seed of an apple, pear, orange, grape, etc. v.tr. (pipped, pipping) remove the pips from (fruit etc.). Derivatives: pipless adj. Etymology: abbr. of PIPPIN 2. n. Brit. a short high pitched sound, usu. mechanically produced, esp …   Useful english dictionary

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