- the odds-on favourite
- the person or animal that people think is certain to win a race or competition
Nicole Kidman was the odds-on favourite to win the Best Actress Oscar.
English dictionary. 2014.
the odds-on favourite
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(the) odds-on favourite — the odds on favourite phrase the person or animal that people think is certain to win a race or competition Nicole Kidman was the odds on favourite to win the Best Actress Oscar. Thesaurus: participants in games and competitionshyponym to defeat… … Useful english dictionary
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odds-on — adjective 1 the odds on favourite a competitor that is very likely to win, especially a horse in a race 2 informal it s odds on (that) used to say that something is very likely to happen: It s odds on that she won t come … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
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