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
Clelia-Italian
'Aviyah-Biblical Hebrew
Bertoldo-Italian
Busby['hʌzbi]
MeinradMIEN-raht (German)German, Ancient Germanic
Mclain[mək'lein]