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Have a possibility or a hope of success, as in Do you think Mary stands a chance of finishing the marathon ? or I think we stand a fair chance of seeing the Queen arrive at Buckingham Palace . This idiom was first recorded in 1796. Also see not have an earthly chance .Advertisement
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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