on a losing wicket

prepositional phrase

in a no-win situation.

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Meanings

prepositional phrase
  1. idiomaticin a no-win situation.

    Recognize that we are on a losing wicket in Vietnam.

    1995, William Conrad Gibbons, The US government and the Vietnam war, V.4, page 292
    2 more examples

    I'm sure we're on a losing wicket but we're fighting technology.

    2007 September 3, Helen Pidd, “Pitt happy, but Ridley Scott grumbles”, in The Guardian

    Our part-time Defence Secretary is also on a losing wicket over grim milestones.

    2008 June 14, Vicki Woods, “They say milestones, but mean tombstones”, in The Daily Telegraph
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APA

on a losing wicket. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on%20a%20losing%20wicket

MLA

“on a losing wicket.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on%20a%20losing%20wicket. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “on a losing wicket,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on%20a%20losing%20wicket.

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