one-horse race



one-horse race

A competition in which one participant is superior to the others and thus more likely to win. After interviewing all of the job candidates, it's clearly a one-horse race. Nobody can beat Kim's experience and qualifications.
See also: race

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Jaumet-Catalan
CreeKREEEnglish (Rare)
Aleks-Russian, Ukrainian, Slovene, Polish
SŁAwomiraswah-vaw-MEE-rahPolish
Rodrigoro-DREE-go (Spanish, Italian), roo-DREE-goo (Portuguese)Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Galician
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