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Idiom a shoo-in American & Australian if someone is a shoo-in for a competition, or a competition is a shoo-in for them, they will win it easily.She's a shoo-in for re-election to the Senate.The election looks like a shoo-in for our man.
shoo-inSomeone or something that is predicted to easily win a competition. Julia is a shoo-in for this year's spelling bee—she's the best speller in the whole town. shoo-in (ˈʃuɪn) n. an easy winner. My horse was a shoo-in. It won by a mile. shoo-inA sure winner. This term comes from horse racing. The verb “to shoo” has long meant to drive or urge on. In the early 1900s corrupt jockeys would select a long shot to beat the faster horses, which would then be “shooed in” by the others. Turned into a noun, the expression now is used for a team, a political candidate, or other competitor, without any connotation of malfeasance. |