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   Slam dunk

   /ˌslam ˈdəNGk/

   

   noun

   • 1. a shot in which a player thrusts the ball forcefully down through the basket: "they won on a slam dunk with two seconds remaining"
   • ▪ something reliable or unfailing; a foregone conclusion or certainty: "a movie predicted to be the season's one slam-dunk hit"

   verb

   • 1. thrust (the ball) forcefully down through the basket: "I do know that when they slam-dunk the ball we celebrate"
   • ▪ defeat or dismiss decisively: "they continue to slam-dunk every proposal we make"

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