“a chance”

The following 6 entries include the term a chance.

stand a chance

phrase

: to have a chance

ghost of a chance

noun phrase

: any chance at all

half a chance

phrase

: any opportunity

in with a chance of

phrase

used to say that someone has a possibility of doing something

stand a chance of

phrase

: to have a possibility of (succeeding or winning) often used in negative statements

take a chance

phrase

: to do something that could have either good or bad results


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