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fancied one's chances

fancied one's chances is the simple past and past participle of fancy one's chances.

Meaning of fancy one's chances

Verb

fancy one's chances (third-person singular simple present fancies one's chances, present participle fancying one's chances, simple past and past participle fancied one's chances)

  1. (idiomatic) To believe that one has a good chance of success.
    • Iceland played with courage, skill and togetherness and might also fancy their chances against France in Sunday’s quarter-final.2016 June 27, Daniel Taylor, “England humiliated as Iceland knock them out of Euro 2016”, in The Guardian, London

Questions about fancied one's chances

What is fancied one's chances the simple past and past participle of?
Fancied one's chances is the simple past and past participle of fancy one's chances.

Words near fancied one's chances in the dictionary

  1. fanciable
  2. fancible
  3. fancical
  4. fancie
  5. fancied
  6. fancied one's chances
  7. fancied up
  8. fancier
  9. fanciers
  10. fancies
  11. fancies one's chances

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