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winning streak
Idioms and Phrases
A series of consecutive successes, a run of good luck, as in Our son-in-law has been on a winning streak with his investments . This expression comes from gambling. [Mid-1900s]Example Sentences
After proposing to Kelsey Anderson, he extended his winning streak by scoring the top prize on “Dancing With the Stars,†ABC’s dancing competition show.
Facing the NBA’s top team and one of the league’s elite players, the Clippers needed to be at their best Sunday if they were to extend their winning streak to six games.
With their winning streak now at 21 games, another England victory is expected, especially following Wales' opening-round defeat by Scotland.
Speaking of confidence, Carolina came in riding a league-best eight-game winning streak, but the Kings, who scored on half of their first-period shots, needed just three minutes to go in front.
They’ve won six of their last seven games, with the Clippers’ 123-88 blowout win over the Charlotte Hornets on Sunday at the Intuit Dome pushing their winning streak to three.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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