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dark horseˌdark ˈhorse noun [countable]  - And then there was the dark horse in the field.
- Beware the ventriloquist, the dark horse, whose thrown voice juggles the truth.
- Patterson, winner of the Euro 250 race at Mondello Park, could be the dark horse in these races.
1someone who is not well known, and who surprises people by winning a competition: In the 1955 golf championship, dark horse Jack Fleck defeated Ben Hogan.2British English someone who does not tell people much about themselves, but who has surprising qualities or abilities: She’s a dark horse. I didn’t know she’d written a novel. |