coiffer au poteau

French

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kwa.fe o pÉ”.to/
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Verb

coiffer au poteau

  1. (transitive) to pip to the post (to overcome at the last minute, to overtake at the decisive moment, to beat to the punch at the very end)

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