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  1. The winning of all the tricks during the play of one hand in bridge and other whist-derived card games.
  2. Sports. The winning of all the major or specified events, especially on a professional circuit.
  3. Baseball. A home run hit when three runners are on base.

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A sweeping success or total victory, as in This presentation gave us a grand slam--every buyer placed an order. This term originated in the early 1800s in the card game of whist (forerunner of contract bridge), where it refers to the taking of all thirteen tricks. It later was extended to bridge and various sports, where it has different meanings: in baseball, a home run hit with runners on all the bases, resulting in four runs for the team; in tennis, winning all four national championships in a single calendar year; in golf, winning all four major championships. In the 1990s the term was used for four related proposals presented on a ballot at once.

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  • Baseball - grand slam: a home run hit with three runners on base


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Grand Slam, grand slam, or grandslam may refer to:

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Competition

Card games

  • Grand slam, a bridge contract to win all thirteen tricks

Equestrianism

Golf

Tennis

Other sports

Entertainment

Film and Television

Music

Games

Military

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  • Explorers Grand Slam also known as Adventurers Grand Slam, an adventurer's challenge to reach the North Pole, the South Pole and all of the Seven Summits
  • Grand Slam (Fly-Fishing Caribbean), when an angler is able to catch a bonefish, tarpon and permit during one day of fishing

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