Collocations for "winning"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "winning" in context.
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win
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- win a [prize, reward, free gift, place]
- win the award for [most, best, least likely to]
- win the [game, contest, competition, match]
- won the [game] for her team
- won it [again, for the first time]
- win the [lottery, election]
- win the [war, battle]
- win the war on [terror, drugs, cancer]
- win the war against [terror]
- (you) win some, (you) lose some
- has never won anything (before)
- win at [poker, blackjack]
- win with [grace, gratitude, ease]
- won [easily, convincingly]
- won [3-0] (against)
- won a landslide (victory)
- won by a landslide
- win [and, or] lose
- see if you can win
- may the best [team, man] win!
- who's winning?
- OK, you win!
- is winning at life
- [try, play] to win
- [could, should, might] win
- [will, determined to] win against cancer
- win over your [crush, friend]
- (finally) won him over
- win her heart
- won the hearts and minds of
- [three] wins [in a row, consecutively]
- (in) a [close, hard-fought, moral-boosting, surprising] win
- a [3-1] win [over, against]
- need a win [this week, against]
- a [flag to flag, pillar to post, start to finish] win
- scored [three] points for a win
- [20] wins and no losses
- [20] wins [by knockout, inside the distance]
- a win [returns, pays] [5-1]
- bookies are [offering, giving] [3-1] for a win
- a no-win [situation, decision]
- a win-win [situation]
'winning' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
actor
- architect
- award
- bat
- battle
- bet
- bid
- bidder
- caller
- catch
- chance
- clap
- close
- combination
- come
- confident
- contestant
- cunning
- determination
- diminish
- disappointment
- distinction
- dive
- draw
- element
- enterprise
- every
- everything
- expectation
- faint
- fifty
- flush
- front
- goal
- gold
- hope
- imagine
- inch
- jeopardize
- jinx
- journalist
- key
- knack
- knock
- limelight
- loaded
- mark
- million
- mold
- no