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to spare
Idioms and Phrases
In addition to what is needed, extra, left over, as in We paid our bills and still had money to spare . This expression uses spare in the sense of “leftover” or “unused,” a usage dating from the late 1500s.Example Sentences
They have won only one of their past four Premier League matches, which helped Liverpool clinch the title on Sunday with four games to spare.
And now, if they avoid defeat against Tottenham on Sunday, they will be champions of England - with four games to spare - for just the second time since 1989-90.
The purpose of public education was never to spare us from one another.
Leeds United and Burnley have sealed their places in the Premier League with two games to spare.
The Whites secured promotion with two games to spare after Sheffield United lost at second-placed Burnley, a result which meant the Clarets also confirmed their return to the top flight.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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