against all odds
idiom
: despite success being very unlikely
He was able to do it, against all odds.
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Judy Berman, Time, 10 Dec. 2025
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Judy Berman, Time, 10 Dec. 2025
And on October 22 of 2023, against all odds, Venezuela awoke.
—Sarah Lynch Baldwin, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2025
The Good who have, against all odds, found their way back to each other.
—Kathleen Newman-Bremang, Refinery29, 22 Nov. 2025
Elphaba and Glinda, who spent the first act and film becoming friends against all odds, go their separate ways as Elphaba chooses to rebel against the Wizard and Glinda stays behind.
—Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 19 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for against all odds
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“Against all odds.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/against%20all%20odds. Accessed 24 Dec. 2025.
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