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in the bag
Idioms and Phrases
Assured of success, virtually accomplished or won. For example, The coach thought the trophy was in the bag , or Our new contract is in the bag . The precise allusion in this idiom is unknown. One writer believes it refers to a completed transaction, that is, an item bought and wrapped in a bag. However, it may well refer to the game bag in which hunters place small game such as birds. [c. 1920] Also see under wrap up .Example Sentences
With a first trophy of the season in the bag and their quadruple hopes intact, Sonia Bompastor's side were understandably all smiles as they left Pride Park.
The one-time vice-presidential candidate told Politico that he thinks his campaign with former Vice President Kamala Harris tanked because Democrats believed they had the race in the bag.
Five Scottish tries in the bag, a 27-point lead on the board and Finn Russell directing his players around the pitch with the authority of the world's greatest traffic cop.
A French writer naming every series on American television some version of “The Show” is inspired enough that Fargeat would, in an ideal world, have this in the bag.
In the past, actor Viola Davis has shown up to the resort gifted to her, and director Ron Howard hosted his son’s wedding at a resort advertised in the bag.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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