close-run
win by a nose
squeeze out
edge
marginal
squeaker
upset
squeak through
edge out
outsider
squeak
contestable
behind
contestingly
win big
duel
nose
walk away with
for choice
favourite
near miss
-athlon
runaway
run for one's money
down
trench warfare
battle
combat
contendingly
hard-run
unbackable favourite
margin
win
dogfight
in the running
field
wipe the floor with someone
semicompetitive
licking
inside track
run for the roses
lost
defeat
walk-over
to little avail
conformity
emulous
accord
sneak in
mismatched
accordance
uneven
noncompetition
pip to the post
leading
heat
scotch
contestee
shit it in
ahead
in the lead
Hail Mary pass
head-to-head
nip and tuck
laugher
walloper
walkaway
romp
blowout
competition
get up in
neck and neck
shoo-in
competitively
choke
contest
no-height
1-2-3
in competition
snatch defeat from the jaws of victory
underdog
rival
contestably
slugfest
hippodrome
intercompetitor
for keeps
qualifying position
stakeswin
grudge match
fiercely
out of the money

English words for 'Hotly contested; won or achieved only by a small margin.'

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