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Slim

Meanings and phrases

slim

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
adj.
  1. being of delicate or slender build; - Frank Norris; slender; slight; svelte
  2. small in quantity; slender

slim

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
v.
  1. take off weight; reduce; melt off; lose weight; slenderize; thin; slim down

slim chance

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
n.
  1. little or no chance of success; fat chance

slim down

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
v.
  1. take off weight; reduce; melt off; lose weight; slim; slenderize; thin

slim margin

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
E.g.
  • Nixon won Montana by a slim margin of 2.50%.
  • Bush won by a slim margin, taking 50.7% of the popular vote and 286 electoral votes.
  • In the 1927 mayoral race, Thompson beat William Emmett Dever by a relatively slim margin.
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