eliminate the competition

Meaning

This phrase means to remove, defeat, or surpass rivals or opponents so that one is the clear winner or has a distinct advantage. It is widely used in sports, business, board games, and general competitive situations.

Examples

• By offering lower prices, they managed to eliminate the competition in the local market.

  By offering lower prices, they managed to eliminate the competition in the local market.

• Our team needs a solid strategy if we want to eliminate the competition and win the tournament.

  Our team needs a solid strategy if we want to eliminate the competition and win the tournament.

• She worked day and night to improve her skills and eliminate the competition.

  She worked day and night to improve her skills and eliminate the competition.

• The chess champion made a brilliant move that effectively eliminated the competition.

  The chess champion made a brilliant move that effectively eliminated the competition.

• To survive in this industry, you have to find unique ways to eliminate the competition.

  To survive in this industry, you have to find unique ways to eliminate the competition.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ They want to delete the competition from the market.

  ✓ They want to eliminate the competition from the market.

  'Delete' is used for removing data, files, or text. Use 'eliminate' for removing rivals or obstacles.

• ✗ We must eliminate with the competition.

  ✓ We must eliminate the competition.

  'Eliminate' is a transitive verb and does not take the preposition 'with'.

Related Expressions

Practice

• The company launched a massive advertising campaign to ___.

  💡 Get rid of business rivals.

  Show answer

  eliminate the competition

• With three more wins, our school team will completely ___.

  💡 Defeat all other opponents in the tournament.

  Show answer

  eliminate the competition