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in the bag
c. Colloquial phrase in the bag (i.e. game-bag; see sense 9): (a) Australian and New Zealand (see quot. 1945); (b) (to be put) in the bag, (to be) taken prisoner; (c) (originally U.S.) virtually assured or secured, as good as in one's possession.
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society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > [verb (intransitive)] > be taken captive
in the bag1900
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > certain prospect or possession > [adjective]
strongeOE
fasteOE
sure1418
cocksure?a1534
in the bag1900
gold-plated1913
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > [adverb] > set to lose
in the bag1900
1900 J. Scott Tales Colonial Turf 33 The neddy was in the bag in the Cup; he was no trier.
1945 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. ix. 174 A horse set to lose a race is said to be in the bag.
1919 J. Buchan Mr. Standfast ii. 52 Unless I went out to the Front again and got put in the bag and sent to the same Boche prison.1956 D. M. Davin Sullen Bell ii. vii. 152 When you went in the bag the chaps probably said ‘Too bad about old Gus’.1922 San Francisco Call & Post 19 July 17 Yes, yes, yes, but listen to me—I get this from the jock himself—this is in the bag.1926 Emporia (Kansas) Gaz. 24 Sept. 1/2 After Tunney landed with that terrific right, the fight was in the bag.1929 Liverpool Daily Courier 4 Sept. 9/1 If half the members of a Talkie audience shudder every time a character on the screen says..‘It's in the bag’, the other half make a mental note of the expression for future use.1932 P. G. Wodehouse Hot Water i. 32 We're sitting pretty. The thing's in the bag.1943 B. J. Hurren Eastern Med. v. 51 Crete was ‘in the bag’ for Jerry if he wished to take it.1957 Economist 30 Nov. 765/1 The message..contains a frank warning that independence is not ‘in the bag’.
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(to be put) in the bag
c. Colloquial phrase in the bag (i.e. game-bag; see sense 9): (a) Australian and New Zealand (see quot. 1945); (b) (to be put) in the bag, (to be) taken prisoner; (c) (originally U.S.) virtually assured or secured, as good as in one's possession.
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society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > [verb (intransitive)] > be taken captive
in the bag1900
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > certain prospect or possession > [adjective]
strongeOE
fasteOE
sure1418
cocksure?a1534
in the bag1900
gold-plated1913
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > [adverb] > set to lose
in the bag1900
1900 J. Scott Tales Colonial Turf 33 The neddy was in the bag in the Cup; he was no trier.
1945 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. ix. 174 A horse set to lose a race is said to be in the bag.
1919 J. Buchan Mr. Standfast ii. 52 Unless I went out to the Front again and got put in the bag and sent to the same Boche prison.1956 D. M. Davin Sullen Bell ii. vii. 152 When you went in the bag the chaps probably said ‘Too bad about old Gus’.1922 San Francisco Call & Post 19 July 17 Yes, yes, yes, but listen to me—I get this from the jock himself—this is in the bag.1926 Emporia (Kansas) Gaz. 24 Sept. 1/2 After Tunney landed with that terrific right, the fight was in the bag.1929 Liverpool Daily Courier 4 Sept. 9/1 If half the members of a Talkie audience shudder every time a character on the screen says..‘It's in the bag’, the other half make a mental note of the expression for future use.1932 P. G. Wodehouse Hot Water i. 32 We're sitting pretty. The thing's in the bag.1943 B. J. Hurren Eastern Med. v. 51 Crete was ‘in the bag’ for Jerry if he wished to take it.1957 Economist 30 Nov. 765/1 The message..contains a frank warning that independence is not ‘in the bag’.
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