Related Words for fighting chance

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uphill battle
///x
Phrase, Noun
race against time
/x//
Phrase, Noun
stroke of luck
///
Phrase, Noun
shot in the dark
/xx/
Phrase, Noun
tightrope
/x
Noun
game face
//
Phrase, Noun
big shot
//
Name, Name
fist
/
Noun
gamble
/x
Noun
attempt
x/
Noun
golden opportunity
/xxx/xx
Name, Name
challenge
/x
Noun
helping hand
/x/
Phrase, Noun
door
/
Noun
rearguard action
///x
Phrase, Noun
whack
/
Noun
wiggle room
/x/
Phrase, Noun
dance
/
Noun
catch
/
Noun
law of the jungle
//x/x
Phrase, Noun
pipe dream
//
Phrase, Noun
insurance
x/x
Noun
venture
/x
Noun
big deal
//
Name, Name
hack
/
Noun
grip
/
Noun
choke
/
Verb
crack
/
Noun
cinch
/
Noun
lucky dip
/x/
Phrase, Noun
time bomb
//
Phrase, Noun
gage
/
Noun
leg up
//
Phrase, Noun, Verb
upper hand
/x/
Phrase, Noun
drop in the bucket
/xx/x
Phrase, Noun
glove
/
Noun
writing on the wall
/x/x/
Phrase, Noun
kiss of death
///
Phrase, Noun
fair shake
//
Phrase, Noun
stab
/
Noun
best bet
//
Phrase, Noun
charmed life
//
Phrase, Noun
knock
/
Noun
grasp
/
Noun
sucker punch
/x/
Phrase, Noun, Verb
cess
x
Noun
stepping stone
/x/
Phrase, Noun
hot water
//x
Phrase, Noun
scalp
/
Noun
heavy lifting
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
dream come true
///
Phrase, Noun
gotcha
/x
Noun
nothing for it
/x//
Phrase, Noun
snag
/
Noun
pull
/
Noun
lick
/
Noun
pie in the sky
/xx/
Phrase, Noun
fling
/
Noun
full speed ahead
//x/
Phrase, Noun, Adverb, Adjective
scrape
/
Noun
thrust
/
Noun
last hurrah
//x
Phrase, Noun
top dog
//
Phrase, Noun
slam dunk
//
Phrase, Noun, Verb
hell to pay
///
Phrase, Noun
dare
/
Verb
warning sign
/x/
Phrase, Noun
pass
/
Noun
close shave
//
Phrase, Noun
loophole
/x
Noun
level best
/x/
Phrase, Noun
pickle
/x
Noun
sliding door
/x/
Phrase, Noun
push
/
Noun
fade
/
Noun
charm offensive
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
sitting duck
/x/
Phrase, Noun
deal
/
Noun
hair trigger
//x
Phrase, Noun, Adjective
rocky road
/x/
Name, Name
bigger fish to fry
/x///
Phrase, Noun
smoking gun
/x/
Phrase, Noun
change of heart
///
Phrase, Noun
coronation
xx/x
Noun
joke
/
Noun
tale
/
Noun
tip of the iceberg
//x/x
Phrase, Noun
lick and a promise
//x/x
Phrase, Noun
heavy artillery
/xx/xx
Phrase, Noun
fish out of water
////x
Phrase, Noun
ability
x/xx
Noun
able
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
access
/x
Noun, Verb
accident
/xx
Noun, Adjective
accidental
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
action
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
active
/x
Adjective, Noun
actual
/xx
Adjective, Noun
address
/x
Noun, Verb
adventitious
/x/x
Adjective
adventure
x/x
Noun, Verb
advisability
xxx/xx
Noun
against
x/
Noun
alleviation
xxx/x
Noun
antecedent
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
anti
/x
Adjective, Noun
appearing
x/x
Noun
appropriateness
x/xxx
Noun
arguing
/xx
Noun
armored
/x
Adjective
assaults
x/
Noun
attack
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
audience
/xx
Noun
auditing
/xx
Noun
availability
xxx/xx
Noun
bad luck
//
Phrase, Noun
banging
/x
Noun, Adjective
bat
/
Noun, Verb
battering
/xx
Noun
battle
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
battlefield
/xx
Noun
beat
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
belligerent
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
bet
/
Verb, Noun
bit
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
blessing
/x
Noun
blow
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
bombardments
x/x
Noun
boon
/
Noun, Adjective
bout
/
Noun, Verb
boxing
/x
Noun
brawl
/
Noun, Verb
break
/
Verb, Noun
brush
/
Noun, Verb
bump
/
Noun, Verb
busting
/x
Noun, Adjective
campaign
x/
Noun, Verb
can
/
Verb, Noun
capability
xx/xx
Noun
capacity
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
case
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
casual
/xx
Adjective, Noun
chanced
/
Verb
choice
/
Noun, Adjective
clash
/
Noun, Verb
clean slate
//
Phrase, Noun
coincidence
x/xx
Noun
coincidental
xxx/x
Adjective
combat
/x
Noun, Verb
combatant
x/x
Noun, Adjective
conflagration
xx/x
Noun
conflict
/x
Noun, Verb
confront
x/
Verb
confrontation
xx/x
Noun
conjunction
x/x
Noun
connection
x/x
Noun
consequence
/xx
Noun, Verb
consideration
xxx/x
Noun
contending
x/x
Noun
contest
/x
Noun, Verb
control
x/
Noun, Verb
counter
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
counteracting
xx/x
Verb
crackdown
/x
Noun
curb
/
Noun, Verb
danger
/x
Noun, Verb
day
/
Noun, Verb
decisive
x/x
Adjective
defeating
x/x
Verb, Adjective
defense
x/
Noun, Verb
desirability
xxx/xx
Noun
destiny
/xx
Noun
disorderly
x/xx
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
dispute
x/
Noun, Verb
disturbance
x/x
Noun
disturbing
x/x
Adjective
duel
/x
Noun, Verb
encounter
x/x
Noun, Verb
endeavor
x/x
Noun, Verb
enforcement
x/x
Noun
engagement
x/x
Noun
enviable
/xxx
Adjective
eradicating
x/xxx
Verb
event
x/
Noun, Verb
eventuality
xxx/xx
Noun
excuse
x/
Noun, Verb
expectation
xx/x
Noun
expediency
x/xxx
Noun
extinguishing
x/xx
Noun
facility
x/xx
Noun
fate
/
Noun, Verb
favor
/x
Noun, Verb
favour
/x
Noun, Verb
feasibility
xx/xx
Noun
fencing
/x
Noun
fight
/
Verb, Noun
fighter
/x
Noun
find
/
Verb, Noun
firefight
/x
Noun, Verb
fluke
/
Noun, Verb
flying
/x
Noun, Adjective
fortuitous
x/xx
Adjective
fortunate
/xx
Adjective
fortune
/x
Noun, Verb
fray
/
Noun, Verb
fundraising
/xx
Noun, Adjective
good
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
grappling
/x
Noun
guerrilla
x/x
Noun, Adjective
guess
/
Verb, Noun
gunfight
/x
Noun, Verb
hap
/
Name, Verb
happen
/x
Verb, Adverb
hassle
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
hazard
/x
Noun, Verb
headway
/x
Noun
hearing
/x
Noun, Adjective
hit
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
hope
/
Noun, Verb
hostilities
x/xx
Noun
hunting ground
/x/
Phrase, Noun
hypothesis
x/xx
Noun
idea
x/x
Noun
impact
x/
Noun, Verb
infighting
/xx
Noun
infrequent
x/x
Adjective
injury
/xx
Noun, Verb
intelligence
x/xx
Noun
investigative
x/xxx
Adjective
jihad
/x
Noun, Verb
joker
/x
Noun
keeping
/x
Noun
last
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
lease
/
Noun, Verb
likelihood
/xx
Noun
likely
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
lottery
/xx
Noun
luck
/
Noun, Verb
luckily
/xx
Adverb
lucky
/x
Adjective, Noun
luxury
/xx
Noun, Adjective
making
/x
Noun
match
/
Noun, Verb