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fancies one's chances

fancies one's chances is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 fancies one's chances

What is fancies one's chances the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Fancies one's chances is the third-person singular simple present indicative of fancy one's chances.

Words near fancies one's chances in the dictionary

  1. fancied one's chances
  2. fancied up
  3. fancier
  4. fanciers
  5. fancies
  6. fancies one's chances
  7. fancies up
  8. fanciest
  9. fancieth
  10. fancification
  11. fancifications

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