fancy one's chances
fancy one's chances verb: to believe that one has a good chance of success.
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)
- 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
Forms of fancy one's chances
| third-person singular present | fancies one's chances |
|---|---|
| present participle | fancying one's chances |
| past participle | fancied one's chances |
| past | fancied one's chances |
Questions about fancy one's chances
- What does fancy one's chances mean?
- Fancy one's chances means to believe that one has a good chance of success.
- What part of speech is fancy one's chances?
- Fancy one's chances is a verb.
- What is the past tense of fancy one's chances?
- The past tense of fancy one's chances is fancied one's chances.
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