shoo in

shoo in (plural shoo ins)

1. Alternative form of shoo-in

shoo in

1. (transitive) To cause (a competitor) to win a fixed race.
   • 1944, Damon Runyon, A Story Goes With It:

     "Now," Herbie says, dropping his voice away down low, in case old Cap Duhaine may be around somewhere listening, "it is the third race, and the horse is a horse by the name of Never Despair. It is a boat race," Herbie says. "They are going to shoo in Never Despair. Everything else in the race is a cooler," he says.