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walk-over

 
Dictionary: Walk·-o·ver

n.

In racing, the going over a course by a horse which has no competitor for the prize.

2. Hence: (colloquially) A one-sided contest; an uncontested, or an easy, victory.

Syn. -- walk; cake-walk.
[1913 Webster +PJC]


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1.  See walk all over.
2.  Defeat easily, as in We walked over them in that practice game but don't know how we'll do in the real thing. [Second half of 1900s]


 
 
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