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long odds

long odds noun: poor chances; unlikeliness, improbability.

Noun

long odds pl (plural only)

  1. (idiomatic, plural, plural-only) poor chances; unlikeliness, improbability
    • That sense of overcoming long odds probably explained why, despite our differences in age and experience, Harry and I hit it off.2020, Barack Obama, A Promised Land, Crown

Questions about long odds

What does long odds mean?
Long odds means poor chances; unlikeliness, improbability.
What part of speech is long odds?
Long odds is a noun.

Words near long odds in the dictionary

  1. long night moon
  2. long night moons
  3. long nine
  4. long nineteenth century
  5. long o
  6. long odds
  7. long off
  8. long offs
  9. long on
  10. long ons
  11. long oo

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