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Shoo-in
noun, slang
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Noun
- 1 The winner of a fixed race, a fixed race.
"Little Pete was a member of the delegation that were in on the "shoo" in the third race. He had several commissioners placing his coin on Model. If the race was to have been a "shoo-in" for Model, there must have been one or two owners that were not in on the deal."
- 2 an easy victory wordnet
- 3 A candidate or contestant generally agreed upon as the presumptive winner; a favorite, somebody who is well-liked or widely agreed upon. broadly, colloquial
"She's very popular and good with numbers, so I expect she'll be a shoo-in for treasurer."
Etymology
From a sense of the verb shoo, where racehorses would fall back and allow a chosen rider to win a fixed race. See 1910 quotation.
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