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in with a shout en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. (UK, not-comparable) Having a good chance; likely to succeed.
    • He's no taking the redundancy v. well but at 47 he is not exactly in with a shout down the Job Centre. 2012, Ken MacLeod, The Restoration Game, →ISBN:
    • I knew and sensed I was in with a shout of a decent part after the success of our first film together — we had a winning formula and we were all brimming with confidence. 2013, Vinnie Jones, It's Been Emotional, →ISBN:
    • We might be in with a shout for a fair play award and the club might win a certificate for having the cleanest toilets or best pies, but that's it. 2013, anonymous author, The Secret Player, →ISBN:
    • By halftime Solent trailed 42 - 46 and were still in with a shout, but once the senior players tired there was little to counter the constant Coventry attacks. 2007, Jim Rumsey, A Sporting Rollercoaster, →ISBN, page 263:

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look-in · in the running