win

win¹ W1S1 [wın] v past tense and past participle won [wʌn] present participle winning

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1¦(competition/race)¦

2¦(prize)¦

3¦(get/achieve)¦

4¦(make somebody win something)¦

5 you win

6 you can't win

7 you can't win them all

8 win or lose

9 win (something) hands down

10 win the day

Phrasal verbs

　win somebody/something<=>back

　win out

　win somebody<=>over

　win through

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[: Old English; Origin: winnan 'to work, fight']

1.) ¦(COMPETITION/RACE)¦ [I and T]

to be the best or most successful in a competition, game, election etc

≠ ↑lose

win a race/a game/an election etc

▪ Who do you think will win the next election?

▪ He won the Tour de France last year.

win a war/battle

▪ the young pilots who won the Battle of Britain

▪ Who's winning (=who is most successful at this point in the game) ?

win at

▪ I never win at cards.

win by 10 points/70 metres etc

▪ We won by just one point.

▪ He predicted the French would win hands down (=win very easily) in the play-offs.

2.) ¦(PRIZE)¦ [T]

to get something as a prize for winning in a competition or game

▪ How does it feel to have won the gold medal ?

▪ She won £160 on the lottery.

win sth for sb

▪ the man who helped win the Cup for Manchester United

3.) ¦(GET/ACHIEVE)¦ [T]

to get something that you want because of your efforts or abilities

= ↑gain

win sb's approval/support/trust etc

▪ The proposal has won the approval of the city council.

▪ Kramer has certainly won the respect of his peers.

win sb's heart

(=make them love you or feel sympathy for you)

▪ The company has won a contract to build a new power plant outside Houston.

win sth from sb

▪ Davis hopes to win financial backing from a London investment firm.

4.) ¦(MAKE SOMEBODY WIN SOMETHING)¦ [T]

if something, usually something that you do, wins you something, you win it or get it because of that thing

win sb sth

▪ That performance won Hanks an Oscar.

▪ That kind of behaviour won't win you any friends.

5.) you win

spoken used to agree to what someone wants after you have tried to persuade them to do something else

▪ OK, you win - we'll go to the movies.

6.) you can't win

spoken used to say that there is no satisfactory way of dealing with a particular situation

▪ You can't win, can you? You either work late and upset your family, or go home early and risk your job.

7.) you can't win them all also you win some, you lose some

spoken used to show sympathy when someone has had a disappointing experience

8.) win or lose informal

no matter whether you win or lose

▪ Win or lose, I love competitive sports.

9.) win (sth) hands down informal

to win a game or competition or defeat someone very easily

▪ If the election had been free and fair, the democratic candidate would have won hands down.

10.) win the day

to finally be successful in a discussion or argument

= ↑triumph

▪ Common sense won the day, and the plans were dropped.

→win the toss at ↑toss² (1), ↑winner, ↑winning

win back [win sb/sth<=>back] phr v

to succeed in getting back something or someone that you had before

▪ How can I win back her trust?

win out phr v

to finally succeed or defeat other people or things

win out over

▪ Often presentation wins out over content (=is treated as more important than content) .

win over [win sb<=>over] phr v

to get someone's support or friendship by persuading them or being nice to them

▪ We'll be working hard over the next ten days to win over the undecided voters.

win through phr v

to finally succeed in spite of problems

▪ As in most of his films, it's the good guys who win through in the end.

win ²

win² W3 n

a success or victory, especially in sport

▪ We've had two wins so far this season.

win over

▪ In the under-16 event England had their first win over Germany.

→↑no-win, ↑win-win