Meaning of in the bag | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Of a desirable thing, certain or extremely likely to occur.
   idiomatic, slang
2. Intoxicated; drunk.
   idiomatic, slang

Equivalents

Examples

“Near-synonyms: assured, cinched, guaranteed, on ice, inevitable”

“3-0 up with 5 minutes to go...we've got the win in the bag.”

“"We mustn't count our eggs before they're hatched, but I think it's in the bag," he said.”

“His wife and his three girls had gone over to Gates Falls to do some last-minute Christmas shopping, and Uncle George was pretty much in the bag, just like the Drunk Man Who Had to Go to Jail.”

“"It's like the way it is for an alcoholic when he can't get a drink.... He bumps into more things now than he did when he was in the bag."”

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