win verb

ADV. comfortably, convincingly, easily, hands down, handsomely, outright The French team won hands down. | narrowly She narrowly won the first race. | duly He duly won, but was then sidelined by a leg injury. | unexpectedly | eventually, finally

VERB + WIN deserve to We didn't deserve to win?we played very badly. | hope to | be expected to, be tipped to, expect to The actress is tipped to win an Oscar for her performance. | be likely to | be going to Who do you think is going to win? | manage to | fail to The far right party failed to win a single seat. | help (to), help sb (to) qualities which help win business and motivate staff

PREP. against They stand a good chance of winning against their league rivals. | at I never win at tennis. | by She won the race by 40 metres. | on The match was eventually won on penalties.

PHRASES be capable of winning (sth) There are a lot of teams capable of winning the title. | be confident of winning (sth), a chance of winning (sth), a chance to win sth the chance to win the holiday of a lifetime | succeed in winning sth He succeeded in winning their confidence.