in the bag

in the bag
*in the bag
1. Fig. cinched; achieved. (*Typically: be \in the bag; have something \in the bag.) •

It's in the bagas good as done.

The election is in the bag unless the voters find out about my past.

2. Fig. Inf. intoxicated. (*Typically: be \in the bag.) •

Kelly looks like he is in the bag.

John is in the bag and mean as hell.

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{adj. phr.}, {informal} Sure to be won or gotten; certain. * /Jones had the election in the bag after the shameful news about his opponent came out./ * /We thought we had the game in the bag./ Compare: SEWED UP.

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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