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fancying one's chances

fancying one's chances is the present participle and gerund 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 fancying one's chances

What is fancying one's chances the present participle and gerund of?
Fancying one's chances is the present participle and gerund of fancy one's chances.

Words near fancying one's chances in the dictionary

  1. fancy-shmancier
  2. fancy-shmanciest
  3. fancy-shmancy
  4. fancy-sick
  5. fancying
  6. fancying one's chances
  7. fancying up
  8. fancyings
  9. fancyless
  10. fancymonger
  11. fancymongers

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