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in the hunt

in the hunt prepositional phrase: in the running, in the game.

Prepositional phrase

  1. in the running, in the game

Questions about in the hunt

What does in the hunt mean?
In the hunt means in the running, in the game.
What part of speech is in the hunt?
In the hunt is a prepositional phrase.

Words near in the hunt in the dictionary

  1. in the hope that
  2. in the hopper
  3. in the hospital
  4. in the hot seat
  5. in the house
  6. in the hunt
  7. in the interest of justice
  8. in the interest of time
  9. in the interim
  10. in the know
  11. in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king

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