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fray around the edges

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fray around/at the edges
to start to become less effective or successful This songwriting partnership began to fray at the edges after both partners got married.
See also: around, edge, fray
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While so often they see their rivals fray around the edges and sometimes lose the stomach for a fight, Celtic's players seem to suck in the passion that swirls all around them and gorge on it.
Football: Will it be JEKYLL? Or will it be HYDE? CHAMPIONS LEAGUE... ... by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
The Welsh southpaw is beginning to fray around the edges at the weight.
Boxing: A King's ransom, but time closes in on Joe by The Mirror (London, England)
But when her out-of control brother drops into town, her commitment-phobic boyfriend proposes marriage, and her fussbudget boss (Matthew Broderick) takes her to bed, Sammy starts to fray around the edges.
MCCORMICK'S QUICK TAKES ON STRONG WOMEN IN MOVIES by U.S. Catholic
 
 
 
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