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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