shoo-in

Significado (Inglés)

1. The winner of a fixed race, a fixed race.
2. (broadly, colloquial) A candidate or contestant generally agreed upon as the presumptive winner; a favorite, somebody who is well-liked or widely agreed upon.

Sinónimos

laugher

walkaway

blowout

romp

runaway

Traducciones

fuyard

gedoodverfde winnaar

kat in’t bakkie

kat in't bakkie

Etimología (Inglés)

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.