He is the sixth candidate to throw his hat into the ring for the top job in the organization.
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throw your hat into the ring — throw/toss/your hat into the ring phrase to announce publicly that you will take part in something such as a competition or an election Thesaurus: to announce something officially or formallysynonym to be a candidate or winner in an… … Useful english dictionary
toss your hat into the ring — throw/toss/your hat into the ring phrase to announce publicly that you will take part in something such as a competition or an election Thesaurus: to announce something officially or formallysynonym to be a candidate or winner in an… … Useful english dictionary
throw your hat into the riing — If you throw or toss your hat in the ring, you announce that you are going to enter a competition or take up a challenge. He finally threw his hat in the ring and announced that he was going to stand for election … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
throw/toss your hat in/into the ring — to announce that you are going to try to win a contest (such as an election) Yet another candidate has thrown his hat into the ring. • • • Main Entry: ↑hat throw/toss your hat in/into the ring see ↑hat • • • Main Entry: ↑ring … Useful english dictionary
throw — [θrəʊ ǁ θroʊ] verb threw PASTTENSE [θruː] thrown PASTPART [θrəʊn ǁ θroʊn] [transitive] 1. throw money at to try to solve a problem by spending a lot of money, without really thinking about the problem: • There is no point throwing money at the… … Financial and business terms
throw — 1 verb past threw past participle thrown 1 THROW A BALL/STONE ETC (I, T) to make an object such as a ball move quickly through the air by moving your hand quickly: throw sth at/to/towards etc: Someone threw a stone at the car. | Cromartie throws… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
hat — noun (C) 1 a piece of clothing that you wear on your head: straw/bowler/woolly etc hat: She wore an enormous flowery hat. 2 keep something under your hat informal to keep something secret 3 be wearing your manager s/teacher s etc hat informal to… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
hat — [ hæt ] noun count *** 1. ) a piece of clothing that you wear on your head: She was wearing a brown fur hat. 2. ) INFORMAL one particular aspect of someone s duties or responsibilities: She has to wear several different hats (=have various… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
hat */*/*/ — UK [hæt] / US noun [countable] Word forms hat : singular hat plural hats 1) a piece of clothing that you wear on your head She was wearing a brown fur hat. 2) informal one particular aspect of someone s duties or responsibilities She has to wear… … English dictionary
hat — hatless, adj. hatlessness, n. hatlike, adj. /hat/, n., v., hatted, hatting. n. 1. a shaped covering for the head, usually with a crown and brim, esp. for wear outdoors. 2. Rom. Cath. Ch. a. the distinctive head covering of a cardinal. b. the… … Universalium
