edge out

Meaning

1. edge sb / sth out (of sth)

   to move sb from their position or job gradually, especially when they are not fully aware of what is happening

   She was edged out of the company by the new director.

In the movies · 2

• You wanna maybe edge out your competition?The Place Beyond the Pines2013
• Now, look, this referendum, it's going to be a Tory-led, Westminster operation with us lot being edged out. Me! And I've been my whole bloody life fighting for this and I can't let that happen, and I won't!Brexit: The Uncivil War2019

From the same entry

• be on edge
• on the edge of your seat
• take the edge off
• fray at the edges
• be on the razor's edge
• rough edges
• teeter on the brink of
• set teeth on edge