be a racing certainty

be a racing certainty

informal To be very likely to happen. Primarily heard in UK. Come on, look at this creepy setting—it's a racing certainty that something bad will happen to one of these characters. With her excellent grades, it's a racing certainty that she'll be at the top of her class. Come on, Kevin's always late, so it's a racing certainty that he'll be the last one to get here.

See also: certainty, race

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