Idiom
be left at the post
Meaning
To be beaten from the beginning of a competition or race.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Our team was left at the post in the first race.”
“Because they failed to prepare for the new market, the company was left at the post by its competitors.”
“Despite their ambitious marketing campaign, the startup was left at the post by established firms that had already secured the majority of the market share.”
Examples
simple
“Our team was left at the post in the first race.”
contextual
“Because they failed to prepare for the new market, the company was left at the post by its competitors.”
complex
“Despite their ambitious marketing campaign, the startup was left at the post by established firms that had already secured the majority of the market share.”
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