coiffer au poteau
French
Alternative forms
- coiffer sur le poteau
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kwa.fe o pɔ.to/
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Verb
coiffer au poteau
- (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)
See also
- prendre de court
- devancer