Related Clues:

• Advanced gradually
• Hard-___ (tough)
• Barely defeated, with 'out'
• Double- -- sword
• Defeated, but barely
• Got snoopy
• Just beat out
• Barely beat, with "out"
• Double-___ sword
• Trimmed, as the outskirts of the lawn
• Nosed out
• Moved along a cliff
• Beat by a bit
• Word with "hard" or "snub"
• Narrowly defeated