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no horse in this race

no horse in this race noun: no vested interest in the outcome of a contest or debate.

Noun

no horse in this race

  1. (idiomatic) No vested interest in the outcome of a contest or debate.
    • I have no horse in this race; I just want to see justice done.
    • The assessment is unbiased (I have no horse in this race) but that does not mean it is the only possible one, since empirical software engineering, the objective study of software processes, is still a science in progress.2014, Bertrand Meyer, Agile!: The Good, the Hype and the Ugly, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    no dog in this fight

Synonyms of no horse in this race

  • no dog in this fight

Forms of no horse in this race

alternative formno horse in that race

Origin of no horse in this race

From betting on horse racing; someone who has not placed bets on any of the horses in a particular race will have no vested interest in any of them winning.

Questions about no horse in this race

What does no horse in this race mean?
No horse in this race means no vested interest in the outcome of a contest or debate.
What part of speech is no horse in this race?
No horse in this race is a noun.

Words near no horse in this race in the dictionary

  1. no hell
  2. no holds barred
  3. no holes barred
  4. no homo
  5. no horse in that race
  6. no horse in this race
  7. no horse run
  8. no host bar
  9. no host bars
  10. no human involved
  11. no hymen, no diamond

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