plural gimmes
1
: a short putt in golf conceded to an opponent in casual or match play
2
: something easily achieved or won especially in a contest
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Normally, this would be something of a gimme, but Thursday showed anything is possible.
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Bychris Morris, Fortune, 24 Nov. 2024
That’s not to say the trip to Kentucky, the neutral site opener against Clemson and the home game against Tennessee are gimmes.
—Seth Emerson, The Athletic, 27 Aug. 2024
Few words are more synonymous with Disney movies than wish, and taking that word and turning it into a story in which a winsome young heroine is partnered with a literal wishing star to stop a power-mad leader seems like a gimme.
—Josh Spiegel, Vulture, 24 July 2024
My biggest thing with Sam M. is that this entire date is such a Bachelorette gimme.
—Ali Barthwell, Vulture, 30 July 2024
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Bychris Morris, Fortune, 24 Nov. 2024
That’s not to say the trip to Kentucky, the neutral site opener against Clemson and the home game against Tennessee are gimmes.
—Seth Emerson, The Athletic, 27 Aug. 2024
Few words are more synonymous with Disney movies than wish, and taking that word and turning it into a story in which a winsome young heroine is partnered with a literal wishing star to stop a power-mad leader seems like a gimme.
—Josh Spiegel, Vulture, 24 July 2024
My biggest thing with Sam M. is that this entire date is such a Bachelorette gimme.
—Ali Barthwell, Vulture, 30 July 2024
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“Gimme.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gimme. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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