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zabado | 18:02 Mon 06th Feb 2012 | Phrases & Sayings
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Why do we say "pipped at the post"?.
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defeated by the width of a pip
18:04 Mon 06th Feb 2012
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The Oxford English Dictionary has under "pip v(3)" definition 1c
c. To anticipate or forestall (someone) in a
particular activity, circumstance, etc.; spec. in phr. to pip at (or on) the post, to defeat by a narrow margin at the last moment.
18:08 Mon 06th Feb 2012
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My brother would say "Won by a drop of snot" :^)
16:00 Tue 14th Feb 2012
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Sorry I meant: "Beaten by a drop of snot"
16:02 Tue 14th Feb 2012

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