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Hat in the ring?

Anyways, in the old days, when a boxer won a match (called a bout), he would take on another challenger until there’s no one left to challenge his position as undisputed champion. The challenger could be anyone from the crowd. And if someone from the crowd fancied his chances, he would throw his hat into the ring, the center circle, to indicate his intention. Apparently, it was faster to throw his hat into the ring than to fight his way through the throng of crowd.

And so the expression “throw one’s hat in the ring” came to be and later caught on in politics due to its vivid simplicity. Indeed, Today, this expression is most commonly seen in articles about politics, where candidates often indicate their intention to enter a race for a public office or another campaign by, figuratively speaking, throwing their hat in the ring. In fact, it’s so overused that it’s becoming a cliché, i.e. an old hat.

Old hat?

Well, that’ll be for another day. Here are media examples of hat, or cap, in the ring”:

1. Hull City chairman Paul Duffen has confirmed the club’s interest in signing Newcastle United striker Michael Owen ‘on the right terms’.

Owen’s contract at St James’ Park expires at the end of the month and, although Everton have been linked with a swoop for the former Liverpool star, Hull want to throw their cap in the ring.