See put one's name in the hat on Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "From the informal practice of putting ballots into a hat, and then drawing a single ballot from the hat at random to decide the winner. When one put one's own name on a ballot in the hat, one would therefore be eligible to win.",
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"ref": "1996, Lillian Smith, edited by Margaret Rose Gladney, How Am I to Be Heard?: Letters of Lillian Smith, →ISBN, page 118:",
"text": "[H]e would not embarrass his friends by running. So they rose up and put his name in the hat—which is exactly what I expected them to do.",
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"ref": "2006 May 14, Brian Wise, “A Free Ride at Yale? Where Do I Sign Up?”, in New York Times, retrieved 2011-06-16:",
"text": "\"Most students now think to themselves: ‘How can I not apply to Yale?’\" he said. \"You just have to put your name in the hat.\"",
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{
"ref": "2009 October 17, “Astros interview ex-manager Garner for vacancy”, in USA Today, retrieved 2011-06-16:",
"text": "\"That's why I decided to put my name in the hat and see if there's a fit here.\"",
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},
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"ref": "2024 September 4, Adrianna Freedman, “Who Will Replace Katy Perry as an 'American Idol' Judge? Here's Who's Taking Over in 2025”, in Cosmopolitan:",
"text": "\"Oh hiiii @AmericanIdol—I hear a seat opened up at the judges table!\" she [Jordin Sparks] wrote on X (formerly known as Twitter) in February. \"I’m putting my name in the hat! 🙋🏻♀️.\"",
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"(idiomatic) To run in an election or to nominate oneself for consideration in some other selection process; to nominate someone other than oneself for such consideration."
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"word": "throw one's hat in the ring"
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"ref": "2009 October 17, “Astros interview ex-manager Garner for vacancy”, in USA Today, retrieved 2011-06-16:",
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"word": "throw one's hat in the ring"
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