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be pipped at/to the post (British & Australian)

to be beaten in a competition or race by a very small amount I'd have won quite a lot of money but my horse was pipped to the post.

See also: pip, post

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Bindaree led from Becher's second time around but it seemed he would be pipped to the post when Richard Johnson brought 10-1 shot What's Up Boys into the lead at the elbow, but Culloty's horse rallied to get up to win by a length and three quarters. Culloty's thecream of Aintree by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)			be out of touch with be out of tree be out of way be out on a limb be out on ear be out on the tiles be out on the town be out to lunch be over the hill be over the hump be over the moon be over the top be own man be own master be own worst enemy be packed like sardines be par for the course be part of life's rich pageant be part of the furniture be past it be past sell-by date be penny-wise and pound-foolish be pie-eyed be pigeon be pipped at the post be pipped to the post be plain sailing be poles apart be punch-drunk be pushing up daisies be putty in hands be quaking in boots be quick off the mark be quick on the draw be quids in Be quiet! be raring to go be ready to roll be riding high be right in the head be right there be right with you be rolling in it be rotten to the core be run off feet be running on empty be sacrificed on the altar of be scared shitless be scattered to the four winds be second to none be seeing you			be party be party be party be past it be past sell-by date be patent be patient Be Patient, God Is Not Finished With Me Yet be peaceful be penny-wise and pound-foolish be peremptory be perfidious be periodic be perjured be permanent be permissible be permitted be perplexed be persistent be persuaded be pertinent be pertinent to be petrified be pie-eyed be pigeon be pipped at the post be pipped to the post be piqued be pissing in the wind be pissing into the wind be placated be plain sailing be played out be played out be played out be played out be played out be pleased with be plentiful be pliant be poles apart be poor be possessed of be possible be precise be predisposed be prejudiced Be Prepared Be Prepared Be Prepared To be prepared to discuss Be prepared, ready to go in X number of minutes be prepossessed be present be present and note be present to answer

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