American & Australian

if someone is a shoo-in for a competition, or a competition is a shoo-in for them, they will win it easily.

She's a shoo-in for re-election to the Senate.

The election looks like a shoo-in for our man.

• raise a few eyebrows
• raise a stink
• raise Cain
• raised eyebrows
• raise eyebrows
• raise game
• raise hackles
• raise hand against
• raise hand against someone
• raise hand to
• raise hand to someone
• raise hell
• raise its head
• raise its ugly head
• raise some eyebrows
• raise someone's hackles
• raise the ante
• raise the roof
• raise the spectre of
• raise the spectre of something
• raise the stakes
• raise the tone
• raise your game
• raise your hackles
• raise your hand against