off chance

off chance
Synonyms and related words:
bare possibility, chance, conceivability, conceivableness, contingency, dark horse, even chance, eventuality, fighting chance, gambling chance, good chance, good possibility, hardly a chance, hope, hundred-to-one shot, improbability, likelihood, little chance, little opportunity, long odds, long shot, outside chance, outside hope, poor bet, poor lookout, poor possibility, poor prospect, possibility, possibleness, potential, potentiality, probability, prospect, remote possibility, slim chance, small chance, small hope, the attainable, the feasible, the possible, thinkability, thinkableness, unlikelihood, virtuality, what is possible, what may be, what might be

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  • off chance — offˈ chance or off chance noun A remote chance (on the offchance or on the off chance (with that or of) just in case, in the hope of (something happening)) • • • Main Entry: ↑off * * * ˈoff chance [off chance] noun …   Useful english dictionary

  • off-chance — offˈ chance or off chance noun A remote chance (on the offchance or on the off chance (with that or of) just in case, in the hope of (something happening)) • • • Main Entry: ↑off * * * off chance, off chop see off a. 3 b, off 1 …   Useful english dictionary

  • off-chance — n off chance on the off chance if you do something on the off chance that something will happen, you do it hoping that it will happen although it is unlikely ▪ I just came to see you on the off chance that Pippa might be here …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • off chance — off ,chance noun on the off chance in the hope that something will happen or succeed, although it seems unlikely: I called on the off chance he d be at home …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • off-chance — (n.) 1861, from OFF (Cf. off) (adv.) + CHANCE (Cf. chance) (n.) …   Etymology dictionary

  • Off chance — Wikipedia does not have an encyclopedia article for Off chance (search results). You may want to read Wiktionary s entry on off chance instead.wiktionary:Special:Search/off chance …   Wikipedia

  • off-chance — also offchance PHRASE: PHR after v, oft PHR that, PHR of n/ ing If you do something on the off chance, you do it because you hope that it will succeed, although you think that this is unlikely. He had taken a flight to Paris on the off chance… …   English dictionary

  • off-chance — /ˈɒf tʃæns / (say of chans), / tʃans/ (say chahns) noun 1. a remote chance or possibility. –phrase 2. do something on the off chance, to embark on a course of action casually setting aside the odds against its completion: *I am writing this on… …  

  • off-chance — noun on the off chance hoping that something will happen, although it is unlikely: I just stopped by on the off chance that Pippa might be here …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • ˈoff-ˌchance — noun on the off chance in the hope that something will happen or succeed, although it seems unlikely[/ex] I called on the off chance he d be at home.[/ex] …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • off chance — noun A condition of not being likely or probable. He submitted a job application on the off chance that nobody better would …   Wiktionary

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