Idiom idiom
slam dunk
Meaning
A task expected to present no difficulty, a piece of cake.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“This test is a slam dunk for her.”
“With his experience, getting this job should be a slam dunk.”
“Given the overwhelming evidence and the witness testimony, the prosecutor treated the case as a slam dunk, only to be blindsided by a last-minute alibi.”
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Last updated August 10, 2026