racing certainty

Meanings

nounracing certainty (plural racing certainties)

A racehorse considered certain to win
broadlyAnything considered certain to happen; a sure thing
A second wave of Covid-19 now seems to be a racing certainty. And a gathering avalanche of numbers attests to an economic disaster that is probably already upon us.
2020 July 19, John Harris, “Now Britain stands at the crossroads. Will we choose dread or hope?”, in The Guardian
Synonyms: banker, cert, certainty, certitude, cinch, dead cert, fatality, inevitability

nounAnything considered certain to happen; a sure thing

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