cruise to victory

Bobk, thanks for your detailed explanation! I understand!

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Originally Posted by yanx

Thanks Bobk! Could you give me a context on how to use "It's anybody's race" as you said?

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Commentary on a distance race - say 3000 metres: 'No one expected it to be this close. Two laps to go, and it's still anybody's race. You could throw a blanket over the leading group.' ('You could throw a blanket over...' =They're all very close together').

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A couple more phrases.
He was pushed all the way but won in a tight finish.
He was challenged throughout the race by his opponent(s) but won by a small margin.

not a teacher

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Originally Posted by JMurray

A couple more phrases.He was pushed all the way but won in a tight finish.He was challenged throughout the race by his opponent(s) but won by a small margin.not a teacher

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Thanks !

Yanx, your thanks are appreciated, but you don't need to send them in a separate post or to quote our replies back to us.
We are all happy to accept a simple click on the Like button as your acknowledgement of our help.

Rover:-D

An extremely close race where it is impossible to tell who won simply by the naked eye, is a "photo-finish". A camera on the finish line takes a rapid series of images (currently 3000 images per second) as people cross the line and is then inspected in detail to see exactly which person crossed the line first.

On the other hand, a synonym for 'cruise to victory' is 'win at a canter'. A canter is faster than a trot but slower than a gallop; so if you win at a canter you win without much effort - 'without breaking [a] sweat'.

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