Shoo-in
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The correct spelling is shoo-in, usually with a [hyphen]. It has been known in that spelling and with the meaning of a certain winner from the 1930s. It came from [horse racing], where a shoo-in was the winner of a rigged race.
In turn that seems to have come from the verb shoo, meaning to drive a person or an animal in a given direction by making noises or gestures
These days the term is associated with short [odds] favourites in any sport -
someone who is certain to win an election or a competition:
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