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Meanings of shoo-in in English

An easy victory.

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