in the bag

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in the bag

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  1. idiomatic, slang Of a desirable thing, certain or extremely likely to occur. Near-synonyms: assured, cinched, guaranteed, on ice, inevitable

    Similar: assured, cinched, guaranteed, on ice, inevitable

  2. idiomatic, slang Intoxicated; drunk. His wife and his three girls had gone over to Gates Falls to do some last-minute Christmas shopping, and Uncle George was pretty much in the bag, just like the Drunk Man Who Had to Go to Jail.

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prep_phrase certain or extremely likely to occur

Española cosa hecha
Françaisdans le sac, dans la poche
Italianoin tasca
עבריתבכיס

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@misc{in_the_bag_2026,
  title = {in the bag},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/in%20the%20bag},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}