draw someone's name out of a hat

draw someone's name out of a hat
pick/draw/someone’s name out of a hat phrase
to choose someone as the winner of a competition in which everyone has an equal chance of winning, often by taking a name written on a piece of paper out of a container
Thesaurus: to gamble moneysynonym gambling games and places where gambling takes placehyponym
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