David Miliband quits frontline politics
David Miliband says he is to quit frontline politics after being pipped for the Labour leadership by younger brother Ed.
Just when you think you’ve made it, somebody comes along and pips you.
pip (5) Brit., informal
verb ( pipped , pipping ) [ trans. ] (usu. be pipped)
defeat by a small margin or at the last moment : you were just pipped for the prize.
• dated: hit or wound (someone) with a gunshot.
I see. Well, one or the other, then. Jolly well played, old sport.
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