tener las de ganar
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Spanish
Verb
tener las de ganar (first-person singular present tengo las de ganar, first-person singular preterite tuve las de ganar, past participle tenido las de ganar)
- (idiomatic) to be highly likely to win; to be a dead cert
- Antonym: tener las de perder
Further reading
- “tener alguien las de ganar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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