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in with a shout

in with a shout adjective: having a good chance; likely to succeed.

Adjective

in with a shout (not comparable)

  1. (UK) Having a good chance; likely to succeed.
    • By halftime Solent trailed 42 - 46 and were still in with a shout, but once the senior players tired there was little to counter the constant Coventry attacks.2007, Jim Rumsey, A Sporting Rollercoaster, →ISBN, page 263
    • He's no taking the redundancy v. well but at 47 he is not exactly in with a shout down the Job Centre.2012, Ken MacLeod, The Restoration Game, →ISBN

Examples of in with a shout in a sentence

  • We might be in with a shout for a fair play award and the club might win a certificate for having the cleanest toilets or best pies, but that's it.2013, anonymous author, The Secret Player, →ISBN:
  • I knew and sensed I was in with a shout of a decent part after the success of our first film together — we had a winning formula and we were all brimming with confidence.2013, Vinnie Jones, It's Been Emotional, →ISBN:

Questions about in with a shout

What does in with a shout mean?
In with a shout means having a good chance; likely to succeed.
How do you use in with a shout in a sentence?
We might be in with a shout for a fair play award and the club might win a certificate for having the cleanest toilets or best pies, but that's it.
What part of speech is in with a shout?
In with a shout is an adjective.

Words near in with a shout in the dictionary

  1. in what world
  2. in wine
  3. in wine, there is truth
  4. in with
  5. in with a chance
  6. in with a shout
  7. in witness whereof
  8. in words of one syllable
  9. in writing
  10. in your dreams
  11. in your face

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