romp to victory
Смотреть что такое "romp to victory" в других словарях:
romp home victory — romp home/to victory idiom to easily win a race or competition • Their horse romped home in the 2 o clock race. • The Dutch team romped to a 5–1 victory over Celtic. see roar, romp, sweep, etc. to victory at ↑ … Useful english dictionary
romp to victory — romp home/to victory/mainly journalism phrase to win something such as a race or competition very easily Thesaurus: to win a game, competition or argumentsynonym Main entry: romp … Useful english dictionary
romp — [[t]rɒ̱mp[/t]] romps, romping, romped 1) VERB Journalists use romp in expressions like romp home, romp in, or romp to victory, to say that a person or horse has won a race or competition very easily. [V adv/prep] Mr Foster romped home with 141… … English dictionary
romp´er — romp «romp», verb, noun. –v.i. 1. to play in a rough, boisterous way; rush, tumble, and punch in play: »boys and girls romping together and running after one another (Samuel Butler). 2. a) to run or go rapidly and with little effort, as in racing … Useful english dictionary
romp home — To win easily • • • Main Entry: ↑romp * * * romp home/to victory/mainly journalism phrase to win something such as a race or competition very easily Thesaurus: to win a game, competition or argumentsy … Useful english dictionary
romp — [rämp] n. [< earlier ramp, vulgar woman, hussy, prob. < ME rampen < OFr ramper: see RAMP2] 1. a person who romps, esp. a girl 2. [< ROMP the vi.] boisterous, lively play or frolic 3. a) an easy, winnin … English World dictionary
romp — ► VERB 1) play about roughly and energetically. 2) informal achieve something easily. 3) (romp home/in) informal finish as the easy winner of a race or other contest. 4) informal engage in sexual activity. ► NOUN 1) a spell of romping … English terms dictionary
romp — I UK [rɒmp] / US [rɑmp] verb [intransitive] Word forms romp : present tense I/you/we/they romp he/she/it romps present participle romping past tense romped past participle romped if children or animals romp, they play or move around in a lively… … English dictionary
romp — romp1 [ ramp ] verb intransitive if children or animals romp, they play or move around in a lively and often noisy way romp home/to victory MAINLY JOURNALISM to win something such as a race or competition very easily romp ,through phrasal verb… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
romp — romp1 [rɔmp US ra:mp] v [Date: 1700 1800; Origin: ramp [i] to behave threateningly (14 19 centuries), from French ramper; RAMPANT] 1.) [always + adverb/preposition] to play in a noisy way, especially by running, jumping etc romp around/about ▪… … Dictionary of contemporary English
victory — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, famous, glorious, great, historic, huge, impressive, major, notable, outstanding (esp. BrE), remar … Collocations dictionary
