contest : Idioms & Phrases


athletic contest

  • noun a contest between athletes
    athletics; athletic competition.
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bidding contest

  • noun a series of competing bids
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endurance contest

  • noun any long and arduous undertaking
    marathon.
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popularity contest

  • noun competition (real or figurative) for popular support
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spelling contest

  • noun a contest in which you are eliminated if you fail to spell a word correctly
    spelling bee; spelldown.
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To contest an election

  • . (Polit.) (a) To strive to be elected. (b) To dispute the declared result of an election.
Webster 1913