a one-horse race



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.
See also: race

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
KelsieKEL-seeEnglish (Modern)
Charline-French
Arijit-Bengali
Babs[bæbz]
DiogoDYAW-goo (Portuguese), JYAW-goo (Brazilian Portuguese)Portuguese
Margaridamar-ga-REE-də (Portuguese)Portuguese, Galician, Catalan, Occitan