Related Clues:

• Barely beaten
• Beat barely
• Won by a nose
• Two- -- sword
• Used a weed whacker, perhaps
• Slipped past
• Moved laterally
• Advanced furtively
• Trimmed along the walk, e.g.
• Trimmed a fairway
• Fringed
• Formed the border of
• Cut the lawn
• Double-__
• Proceeded with caution