(~s)
If you say that someone or something is a ~, you mean that you are ~ain they will succeed. (BRIT INFORMAL)
There’s no such things as a ~ in horse racing...
Anthony was a dead ~ for promotion.
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(~s)
If you say that someone or something is a ~, you mean that you are ~ain they will succeed. (BRIT INFORMAL)
There’s no such things as a ~ in horse racing...
Anthony was a dead ~ for promotion.
N-COUNT
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012