grand slam

All tricks won

A grand slam is a decisive sweep or major achievement.

In bridge, it means winning all thirteen tricks in a hand.

In baseball, it's a home run hit with all bases loaded, scoring four runs.

In tennis and golf, winning all major championships in a single year constitutes a grand slam.

More broadly, any complete triumph: The merger was a grand slam for investors.

achievement

sweep

Brush clean with broom

accomplishment · feat · milestone · crowning · glory · conquest · culmination · peak · dominance · complete

baseball

home run

Full-circuit scoring hit

moonshot · blast · slugger · cleanup hitter · power hitter · swing · walk-off · inning · at-bat · pitcher

rugby

Six Nations

Iroquois tribal confederacy

Wales · Scotland · Italy · championship · triple crown · wooden spoon · whitewash · tournament · tries · unbeaten

bridge

contract

Enforceable written agreement

  • biddingOffering prices or obeying
  • trumpSuit outranking all others
  • dummyLifelike substitute figure

finesse · tricks · vulnerable · declarer · overtrick · auction · lead · partnership · bonus · points

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run production in baseball

grand slamsolo homer

Bases-empty home run

strikeout · pop fly · groundout · walk · single

tennis tournament prestige

grand slamamateur tournament

Contest for non-professionals

exhibition match · qualifying round

completeness of achievement

grand slamnear miss

Narrowly averted incident

falling short · shutout

Family

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