The university president is a shoo-in to win another term in office.
Source: tatoeba (6395217)
Shoo-in
Synonyms for "shoo-in" (19 found)
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Translations
9 translations across 6 languages.
Dutch
2 entries- gedoodverfde winnaar noun (candidate that is the presumptive winner)
- kat in't bakkie noun (candidate that is the presumptive winner)
German
2 entries- Favorit noun (candidate that is the presumptive winner)
- Favoritin noun (candidate that is the presumptive winner)
Icelandic
1 entries- öruggur sigurvegari noun (candidate that is the presumptive winner)
Japanese
1 entries- 鉄板 noun (candidate that is the presumptive winner)
Persian
1 entries- برنده مسلم noun (candidate that is the presumptive winner)
Polish
2 entries- faworyt noun (candidate that is the presumptive winner)
- faworytka noun (candidate that is the presumptive winner)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
Tom was a shoo-in for the race.
Source: tatoeba (9062914)
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.
Source: wiktionary
Most of the "regulars" are deeply suspicious of all steeplechase races of late years, and, whenever the favorite falls at one of the obstacles and a long priced leaper wins the race, they loudly call the race a "shoo-in" (a fixed affair, that is, in which the steeplechase racers have arranged to drop to the rear of the "meant" jumper and "shoo" him to the wire, they previously, of course, having got their money down on the horse thus generously treated).
Source: wiktionary
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