"in the bag" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Audio: en-au-in the bag.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} in the bag, {{en-PP}} in the bag
  1. (slang) Certain or extremely likely to occur. Tags: slang Synonyms (certain to occur): assured, cinched, guaranteed, inevitable Translations (certain or extremely likely to occur): в къ́рпа въ́рзано (v kǎ́rpa vǎ́rzano) (Bulgarian), dans le sac (French), dans la poche (French), בכיס (Hebrew), in tasca (Italian), na bank (Polish)
    Sense id: en-in_the_bag-en-prep_phrase-jDd6rslk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 85 15 Disambiguation of 'certain to occur': 96 4 Disambiguation of 'certain or extremely likely to occur': 99 1
  2. (slang) Intoxicated. Tags: slang Synonyms (intoxicated): drunk Translations (drunk): na bani (Polish)
    Sense id: en-in_the_bag-en-prep_phrase-FyBPzxjD Disambiguation of 'intoxicated': 2 98 Disambiguation of 'drunk': 0 100

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