See be left at the post on Wiktionary
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},
{
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"To be beaten from the beginning of a competition or race."
],
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"(idiomatic, sports, informal) To be beaten from the beginning of a competition or race."
],
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"To be completely overwhelmed or dominated."
],
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[
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"(idiomatic, by extension) To be completely overwhelmed or dominated."
],
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}
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"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
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},
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"form": "was left at the post",
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],
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}
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