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outside chances

outside chances is the plural of outside chance.

Meaning of outside chance

Noun

outside chance (plural outside chances)

  1. (idiomatic) A small likelihood; a remote possibility.
    • Then, perhaps, there may be a chance of detecting him; but it's an outside chance.1886, Andrew Lang, chapter 7, in The Mark Of Cain

Questions about outside chances

What is outside chances the plural of?
Outside chances is the plural of outside chance.

Words near outside chances in the dictionary

  1. outside car
  2. outside cars
  3. outside centre
  4. outside centres
  5. outside chance
  6. outside chances
  7. outside country
  8. outside edge
  9. outside edges
  10. outside edging
  11. outside employment

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