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Getting Closer To The Finish Crossword Clue
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We've checked our database and believe the answer is
EDGING which was last seen in the The Guardian Quiptic crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is:
EDGING
Updated: October 15, 2023 by Nicoli Westwood
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About This Clues Answer
We think the answer is "EDGING" which means:
- noun
- • Border consisting of anything placed on the edge to finish something (such as a fringe on clothing or on a rug) verb
- • To move an object slowly and carefully in a particular direction.
- • To move slowly and carefully in a particular direction.
- • (usually in the form 'just edge') to win by a small margin.
- • To hit the ball with an edge of the bat, causing a fine deflection.
- • To trim the margin of a lawn where the grass meets the sidewalk, usually with an electric or gas-powered lawn edger.
- • To furnish with an edge; to construct an edging.
- • To furnish with an edge, as a tool or weapon; to sharpen.
- • To make sharp or keen; to incite; to exasperate; to goad; to urge or egg on.
- • To delay one's orgasm so as to remain almost at the point of orgasm.
An example sentence would be:
- • "She carefully trimmed the edging on her sleeve."
- • "The garden has beautiful flowerbed edging."
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| The Guardian Quiptic06 Sep 2010 | Across 12 | |
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