be pipped at the post

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.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Diokles	-	Ancient Greek
Connolly	['kɔnəli:]
Maja (2)	MIE-ah (German, Polish)	Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian, Slovene, German, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Polish, Czech, Slovak
Min-Jun	meen-joon	Korean
Turgay	-	Turkish
Rahim	rah-HEE:M	Arabic