against all odds
idiom
: despite success being very unlikely
He was able to do it, against all odds.
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Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2025
That’s right, against all odds, #Japril is endgame.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2025
The unwavering determination of Cox’s parents allowed their son, against all odds, to achieve his dream.
—Justin Kroll, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2025
And against all odds, Jane survived the show trials that took her sister-in-law and husband and their friends to the scaffold, as well as the purges of new queens.
—Phillipa Gregory, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 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 Oct. 2025.
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