victory lap
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- noun
- /ˈvɪktəri læp/
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vuelta de celebración
- After winning the championship, the team took a joyous victory lap around the stadium to celebrate with their fans.
- take a victory lap
- do a victory lap
I mean, I think this whole headline is basically just a giant victory lap for us.
- I mean, I think this whole headline is basically just a giant victory lap for us.
- And after you get into office, you have to take victory laps.
- OK, Speaking of being a sore winner, I would like to take a very smug victory lap right now.
- And, and I feel a responsibility to that more than anything more than like a victory lap.
Examples
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But as Romney and his supporters take a victory lap this morning, it's fair to note their success was a triumph for style over substance.
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I mean, I think this whole headline is basically just a giant victory lap for us.
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I was I got out of school one day and took a little victory post a little victory lap around the neighborhood with a few friends after school.
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All the same cabal now taking their victory lap for women's rights and holding Trump to account.
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Christie took a victory lap about balancing the budget three years in a row.
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As part of the victory lap on CBS's Face the Nation Sunday, host Bob Schieffer asked Obama campaign manager David Axelrod how it felt to watch the president brush away a tear in front of the volunteers.
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The athlete completed a thrilling victory lap in front of the cheering crowd after breaking the world record.
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Following her election win, she enjoyed a celebratory victory lap through the streets, waving to her supporters.
Synonyms
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1.0
A happy event such as a party that marks a special occasion or achievement
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An event where people celebrate a win, for example after a game or battle
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A run or walk around a track that celebrates a win and thanks fans
Antonyms
How Celebratory
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'victory' = success and 'lap' = a circuit, so a learner who knows both words can infer it is a circuit or public turn taken to celebrate a win. This sports-based, literal combination is common cross-linguistically and follows normal noun + noun composition, making it immediately understandable to B1 learners.
Etymology
Victory lap comes from the same image of a winner taking an extra lap to show joy to fans. That's why people use victory lap for any public way of 'celebrating' a success.