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dark horse Fig. someone or something whose abilities, plans, or feelings are little known to others. (From a race horse about which little or nothing is known.) It's difficult to predict who will win the prize—there are two or three dark horses in the tournament. Everyone was surprised at the results of the election. The dark horse won. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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For one afternoon at least, awards-season hopefuls -- front runners and dark horses alike -- shared an equal footing. I thought Tom Warger's article ("The Dark Horses of Campus Computing," October) about new technologies and services on University campuses was well done. So the drama figures to swing back to the AL, and the Beltran bidding could eventually come down to another highly-publicized tug of war with Boston and the Yankees, with some very dark horses like the Angels and Baltimore figuring in. |
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