Usually means: Opportunity seized for significant success.
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General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. brass ring, the brass ring: Merriam-Webster
  2. the brass ring: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. brass ring: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. brass ring: Collins English Dictionary
  5. brass ring: Vocabulary.com
  6. brass ring: Wiktionary
  7. brass ring: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. brass ring: Dictionary.com
  9. Brass ring, The Brass Ring: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. brass ring: Rhymezone
  11. brass ring: FreeDictionary.org
  12. brass ring: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. brass ring: TheFreeDictionary.com
  14. Brass ring: World Wide Words

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. the brass ring: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. brass ring: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (brass ring)

▸ noun:  (US) A prize or goal, often a chance to advance in one's career.

Similar:
band, marriage ring, neck ring, horse brass, brassard, bracer, braziery, armring, finger ring, circlet, more...

Opposite:
consolation prize, booby prize, runner-up prize

Phrases:
the brass ring, more...

Adjectives:
brass, mat, tailor-made, bijou, matt, marcotted, lidded, tailored, jewelled, taper, made-to-measure

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Similar:
band, marriage ring, neck ring, horse brass, brassard, bracer, braziery, armring, finger ring, circlet, more...

Opposite:
consolation prize, booby prize, runner-up prize

Phrases:
the brass ring, more...

Adjectives:
brass, mat, tailor-made, bijou, matt, marcotted, lidded, tailored, jewelled, taper, made-to-measure



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