| 单词 | anyone's game |
| 释义 | > as lemmasanyone's game (also match, race) P3. anyone's game (also match, race) and variants: a contest which either side or any competitor could win; an evenly balanced contest. Also figurative. Cf. anybody's game (also race, match) at anybody pron. and n. Phrases 2. ΚΠ 1872 London Daily News 5 Aug. 6/3 To the finish it appeared to be anyone's race. 1881 Sheffield & Rotherham Independent 2 May 4 Splendid play was shown on both sides, it being anyone's game up to the finish. 1920 Jewelers' Circular 30 June 87/2 [It] proved to be the longest match of the entire tournament and was anyone's match to the last hole. 1997 Amer. Motorcyclist Aug. 53 (heading) Wide-open start for dirt-track. It's anyone's series to win. 2015 Sunday Independent (Ireland) (Nexis) 16 Aug. I had learned that it's anyone's game in Miss Ireland! I think other people expected me to win, which made me feel massive pressure. < as lemmas |
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