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idiomsb has a mountain to climb BrEBrEused in order to say that someone will have to try very hard in order to have a chance of succeeding or winning a competition, election etc ◆ used about sport and politics:If the Conservatives lose this seat, then they will have an even higher mountain to climb in the next election.The Scottish team's manager said: "We gave ourselves a mountain to climb and we didn't quite make it."
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