What does "edge out" mean?

To defeat in a contest or a game by a narrow margin of victory.

What is a synonym for "edge out"?

Common synonyms include: edges, pipping.

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Verb

1
To defeat in a contest or a game by a narrow margin of victory. idiomatic
"Barcelona edged out in the penalties scoring 3-2."
2
To gradually exclude; to push someone or something further and further into the margins until they/it is entirely outside of a space.
"Since the Second World War and the rise of the middle-class "clone gay” in the US and a similar move away from homosexual effeminacy in Britain—often rooted in working class culture—gender nonconforming or effeminate gay males have been edged out of mainstream understandings of what it means to be gay."

"Barcelona edged out in the penalties scoring 3-2."