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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And once the Bruins get through that gauntlet, there isn’t a gimme left on the schedule.
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Mirjam Swanson, Orange County Register, 14 Sep. 2024
Moss still threw for 229 yards and a touchdown in an efficient performance — and could’ve had two more scores, had his receivers not dropped two gimmes in the first half.
—Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2024
Texas has a huge load of 40 electoral votes and a massive media landscape, but taking the Lone Star State off the GOP gimme list would be a coup unseen in a generation.
Make sense of what matters in Washington.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 8 Aug. 2024
Long a bastion for conservative orthodoxy, the state that sent Barry Goldwater and John McCain to Washington was a consistent gimme for Republicans.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 8 Aug. 2024
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Mirjam Swanson, Orange County Register, 14 Sep. 2024
Moss still threw for 229 yards and a touchdown in an efficient performance — and could’ve had two more scores, had his receivers not dropped two gimmes in the first half.
—Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2024
Texas has a huge load of 40 electoral votes and a massive media landscape, but taking the Lone Star State off the GOP gimme list would be a coup unseen in a generation.
Make sense of what matters in Washington.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 8 Aug. 2024
Long a bastion for conservative orthodoxy, the state that sent Barry Goldwater and John McCain to Washington was a consistent gimme for Republicans.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 8 Aug. 2024
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“Gimme.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gimme. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024.
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