“chance of”

The following 3 entries include the term chance of.

chance of survival

noun phrase

: likelihood that someone will continue to live in spite of present-day difficult conditions (such as being ill or injured)

in with a chance of

idiom

used to say that someone has a possibility of doing something

stand a chance of

idiom

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


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