tener las de ganar
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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 (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28
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