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Definition someone’s name out of a hat in British English

someone’s name out of a hat phrase

phrase
1

to choose someone as the winner of a competition in which everyone has an equal chance of winning, often by taking a name written on a piece of paper out of a container

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Definition  someone’s name out of a hat in British English