a one-horse race

  • 1one-horse race — noun A race, competition, etc, in which one particular competitor or participant is certain to win • • • Main Entry: ↑one * * * one horse race UK US noun [countable] [singular one horse race plural …

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  • 2one-horse race — noun count a competition in which one person or horse seems certain to win …

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  • 3one-horse race — ► NOUN ▪ a contest in which one competitor is clearly superior to all the others …

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  • 4one-horse race — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms one horse race : singular one horse race plural one horse races a competition in which one person or horse seems certain to win …

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  • 5(a) one-horse race — a competition which one particular person or team is very likely to win because they seem much better than the other people competing. This election has been a one horse race right from the start …

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  • 6(a) one horse race — a one, two, three, etc. horse ˈrace f9 idiom a competition or an election in which there are only one, two, etc. teams or candidates with a chance of winning • The women s competition was a two horse race between last year s winners Surrey and… …

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  • 7one-horse race — noun a contest in which one competitor is clearly superior to all the others …

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  • 8one-horse — adj 1.) one horse town informal a small and boring town 2.) one horse race a race, competition etc which a particular person or thing looks likely to win easily …

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  • 9one-horse — 1) ADJ: ADJ n (disapproval) If someone describes a town as a one horse town, they mean it is very small, dull, and old fashioned. Would you want to live in a small, one horse town for your whole life? 2) ADJ: ADJ n If a contest is described as a… …

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  • 10Horse race — Horse Horse (h[^o]rs), n. [AS. hors; akin to OS. hros, D. & OHG. ros, G. ross, Icel. hross; and perh. to L. currere to run, E. course, current Cf. {Walrus}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A hoofed quadruped of the genus {Equus}; especially, the domestic horse… …

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