Related Clues:

• Neatened the lawn, in a way
• Moved sideways
• Beat by a small margin
• Barely defeated
• Beat (out)
• Beat by one, say
• Having a border
• Advanced with care
• Barely beaten
• Squeak by
• Won by a nose
• Trimmed the lawn
• Two- -- sword
• Used a weed whacker, perhaps
• Slipped past