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win over

British

verb

Also: win round. (tr, adverb) to gain the support or consent of (someone)

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win over Idioms

Persuade, gain one's support, as in It won't be easy to win him over to our point of view. [Late 1800s]

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Hamilton: Completed 40 of 52 passes for 503 yards and six touchdowns in win over Washington Prep.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

Marshall: Made interception in end zone on two-point conversion attempt to save one-point win over Marquez.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

Karel Sedlacek marked his debut at the tournament with a 6-4 win over New Zealander Ben Robb and will take on Van Veen next.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

The video, clearly fake, was a spoof of Sarkisian’s real-life choice to blow off an interview with Rowe in the aftermath of Texas’ win over the Buckeyes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

The goal: to win over the “hearts and minds” of the people of South Vietnam, to help convince them they’d be better off siding with the Americans than with Ho Chi Minh.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin

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