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in the bag

Assured of success, virtually accomplished or won. For example, The coach thought the trophy was in the bag, or Our new contract is in the bag. The precise allusion in this idiom is unknown. One writer believes it refers to a completed transaction, that is, an item bought and wrapped in a bag. However, it may well refer to the game bag in which hunters place small game such as birds. [c. 1920] Also see under wrap up.

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Yes the United States Golf Association want to test every club in the bag but they also want to examine the 15th club - the one that resides between the ears.

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"Insist on the putter being the shortest club in the bag," he told the Chipping Forecast podcast.

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“I was just putting the weeds in the bag. I didn’t even notice how much space that was cleared up and I looked up, like maybe a half an hour later.”

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“Disclaimer” “Netflix once again has this coveted and competitive category in the bag, with the blistering ‘Adolescence’ dominating the field, making an instant star of the remarkable teenage newcomer Owen Cooper.

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So anybody who wants to tell you that someone has it in the bag is wrong, and this is the kind of election that could be decided by just a handful of votes.

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in the back in the balance

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