quedarse a la puerta

Spanish

Verb

quedarse a la puerta (first-person singular present me quedo a la puerta, first-person singular preterite me quedé a la puerta, past participle quedado a la puerta)

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) to not quite make it; fall at the last hurdle
    • 2020 July 12, Enric Trias, “Alberto Gras: “Agradezco haber pasado el confinamiento con mis compañeros de ‘MasterChef’””, in La Vanguardia‎:
      Se quedó a la puerta de la final por muy poquito pero se [ha] llevado un premio mejor
      He just missed out of the final by a tiny margin but has gone home with an even better prize.
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