throw one's hat in the ring

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To announce one's candidacy in a contest. idiomatic
    — At that time her chances had been excellent. But then two other people had thrown their hats in the ring, Joan Voller and Sidney Hamilton, and both of them were colleagues on State Executive.

词形变化

throws one's hat in the ring present,singular,third-person throwing one's hat in the ring participle,present threw one's hat in the ring past thrown one's hat in the ring participle,past throw one's hat into the ring alternative

词源

From the former practice of throwing one's hat into the boxing ring in order to challenge a boxer.
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