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Boat-race

verb, slang

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Verb
  1. 1
    to defeat by a wide margin, especially after establishing and sustaining an early lead US, informal

    "On Friday night, the Golden State Warriors boat raced the Utah Jazz by a score of 127-86. ... The game was decided so early that Steph Curry didn’t even play in the fourth quarter."

  2. 2
    participate in a boat race wordnet

Etymology

By figurative analogy with the large margin of victory formerly common in America's Cup yacht races.

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