shoo-in

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

gedoodverfde winnaar

kat in’t bakkie

kat in't bakkie

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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