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TO WIN ON

Definition: TO WIN ON

TO WIN ON

1. (a) To gain favor or influence with. ``You have a softness and beneficence winning on the hearts of others.'' --Dryden. (b) To gain ground on. ``The rabble . . . will in time win upon power.'' --Shak.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Modern Usage: TO WIN ON

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Movie/TV Titles

How to Win on the Thruway (1962)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: TO WIN ON

Language Translations for "TO WIN ON"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Hungarian

  

pontozással győz (to win on points, to win over sy by points). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

otay inway onay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: TO WIN ON

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "i-n-n-o-o-t-w"

-1 letter: intown, notion, wonton.

-2 letters: niton, onion.

-3 letters: into, noon, nowt, onto, toon, town, twin, wino, wont.

-4 letters: inn, ion, nit, noo, not, now, oot, own, tin, ton, too, tow, two, win, wit, won, woo, wot.

-5 letters: in, it, no, on, ow, ti, to, wo.

 Words containing the letters "i-n-n-o-o-t-w"
 

+2 letters: topminnow.

 

+3 letters: topminnows.

 

+4 letters: outfrowning.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: TO WIN ON


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 4F      57 49 4E      4F 4E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

        

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010100 01001111 00100000 01010111 01001001 01001110 00100000 01001111 01001110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#79 &#32 &#87 &#73 &#78 &#32 &#79 &#78

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 004F      0057 0049 004E      004F 004E

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5449257434824948

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Usage: Modern
3. Translations: Modern
4. Anagrams
5. Orthography
6. Bibliography


  

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