to landslide
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4.3
To win an election or contest by a very large number of votes
- verb
- /ˈlændˌslaɪd/
- Literature
:
arrasar
- The team landslid their rivals in the championship, securing victory by a remarkable score.
Examples
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In the last election, the candidate managed to landslide his opponent, winning by a huge majority.
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If God is with us, and that gunpowder has kept its ginger over the years, we'll make that landslide ourselves.
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I stand by that; if Dems can't landslide it after 8 years of W, they should disband.
Blog text (12) -
She worked hard on her campaign and anticipated that she would landslide the votes this time.
Synonyms
to sweep
vsto landslide
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3.2
To win all games or contests in a competition
focuses on a single contest win by a very large margin
to outvote
vsto landslide
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3.4
To beat a person or group in a vote
involves a simple majority win not necessarily a very large margin
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6.3
To get more votes than another candidate in an election or poll
requires winning by a very large margin rather than merely getting more votes
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
How Decisive
Surface Forms
landslide infinitive
landsliding present participle
landslides third person singular
landslid past
landslid past participle
Morphology
Etymology
The verb landslide uses the same image of land and slide, like earth pushing everything aside as it falls. So to 'landslide' in a contest means 'to win by a very large margin', sweeping opponents away.