out of a hat
Idiomif sth such as a name is picked out of a / the hat, it is picked at random from a container into which all the names are put, so that each name has an equal chance of being picked, in a competition, etc.
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out of a / the hat
if sth such as a name is picked out of a / the hat, it is picked at random from a container into which all the names are put, so that each name has an equal chance of being picked, in a competition, etc.
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Twentieth century? I could pick a century out of a hat blindfolded and get a better one!
Sabrina (1954)55:17
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