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What's the background for the term shoo-in?

What's the background for the term shoo-in?

 

    


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Everything I say can be fully substantiated by my own opinion.

It's typically used nowadays in politics, indicating that a candidate is sure to win.

The term is usually credited to rigged horse racing, where the winner crossed the finish line like he was being Shooed-in. ("Shoo" being the noise people make when trying to drive something in a particular direction)

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To shoo-in meant to direct or take someone in a specific direction. After long usage it has become a slang for "a sure winner".

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