Synonyms for off-chance


Grammar : Noun

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Définition of off-chance

Origin :
  • 1861, from off (adv.) + chance (n.).
  • As in long shot : noun unlikely winner
Example sentences :
  • I suppose we may as well go for a prowl to-night, on the off-chance of finding him.
  • Extract from : « The Motor Pirate » by George Sidney Paternoster
  • Oddly enough, it seems as if it might—there's just the off-chance—it might affect the issue.'
  • Extract from : « The Convert » by Elizabeth Robins
  • Corder stood in the door for a moment, on the off-chance that his friend might be joking.
  • Extract from : « The Cock-House at Fellsgarth » by Talbot Baines Reed
  • It was an off-chance, and he well knew it; but there was nothing else to be done.
  • Extract from : « Adventures in Many Lands » by Various
  • He kept it on the off-chance of being able to make something out of it.
  • Extract from : « For Fortune and Glory » by Lewis Hough
  • Think I'll cut off my crust at dinner to-night on the off-chance, anyway!
  • Extract from : « Round the Wonderful World » by G. E. Mitton
  • It's not irreverent for me to say it, I hope—but God comes in on the off-chance, George.
  • Extract from : « Tono Bungay » by H. G. Wells
  • We are asked to set aside the data of experience and act on an off-chance.
  • Extract from : « The Idea of Progress » by J. B. Bury
  • Every week at least I went round to try and see him on the off-chance of an engagement.
  • Extract from : « The Secrets of a Savoyard » by Henry A. Lytton
  • He went to the palace on the off-chance, attended by his escort.
  • Extract from : « 813 » by Maurice Leblanc

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