winner-take-alladjective
uk/ˌwɪn.ə.teɪkˈɔːl//ˌwɪn.ɚ.teɪkˈɑːl/also winner-takes-all, /ˌwɪn.ə.teɪksˈɔːl//ˌwɪn.ɚ.teɪksˈɑːl/(of a competition) resulting in the entire prize going to the one competitor who wins:
His winner-take-all business tactics (= specific actions intended to get a specific result )shut out would-be competitors (= kept other people from competing with him).
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Winning, losing & scoring in sport
- against the run of play idiom
- close-run
- do the double over sb idiom
- drubbing
- game changer
- game-changing
- give sth away
- hold
- lead 1
- pip
- pummel
- retire
- run away with sth
- sink
- square
- strike gold idiom
- varsity
- walkover
- win
- won
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