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Meanings of shoo-in in English

An easy victory.

        Usage of shoo-in in English
        1
        Labour could well be a shoo-in according to its latest internal polling.
        Radio NZ
        2
        If we start planning now, you'll be a shoo-in for seventh grade.
        Unfinished desires: a novel
        3
        You'd be a shoo-in with something like that.' Greta laughed and laughed.
        Tell the Wolves I’m Home
        4
        It should have been a shoo-in for Republican candidate Alice Forgy Kerr.
        The Irish Times
        5
        If he has told Hansen he's ready, he's surely a shoo-in for Japan.
        Radio NZ
        6
        The show is considered shoo-in for Best Musical, the top award.
        Reuters
        7
        With Manchester looking a shoo-in for Andy Burnham, the focus is on Birmingham.
        The Guardian
        8
        He eases this through, he's a shoo-in for reelection, for life.
        The capitol game
        9
        A member of the 1922 committee said: I wouldn't say Boris is a shoo-in.
        The Guardian
        10
        He should be a Lions shoo-in, but right now he has much to do.
        Independent.ie
        11
        But they're saying he's a shoo-in for the next election.
        Unraveled
        12
        Until mid-March, he looked like a shoo-in for the Elysee.
        The Irish Times
        13
        It had been a shoo-in until this woman turned up.
        News.com.au
        14
        The Player: Led Zeppelin The Play: Another obvious shoo-in.
        Wired
        15
        Either way, a climber should be a shoo-in for that position you're looking to fill.
        Climbing Magazine
        16
        Our own Liam Neeson was also seen to be a shoo-in for best supporting actor.
        The Irish Times