fighting chance
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4.0
- noun
- Informal
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alguna posibilidad
- With a solid education and support, every child has a fighting chance to succeed.
They gave me the best fighting chance and built A-Team around me.
- They gave me the best fighting chance and built A-Team around me.
- And without truth, we don't have a fighting chance against the great Filter before us.
- So the first thing we'll need to give Little Mac here a fighting chance against King Hippo is a graphics card.
- But by not buying into that narrative, then you have a fighting chance of seeing that they're twisted conditional love.
- But it's a pattern that has to be addressed if a person is to break these cycles and have a fighting chance of developing healthier relationship.
- It gives you it gives you more of a fighting chance to react and do something to prevent whatever.
- She can take her case to the general public where she now has a fighting chance to win because a lot of people like in respect and admire Senator Murkowski.
Examples
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In the city, you've got a fighting chance.
Fiction book (1999) -
Nobody gave this Chiefs team a fighting chance coming into the game last Monday.
Blog text (15) -
I think he knows we stand a fighting chance.
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You tried to save us, to give us a fighting chance.
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Give your family a fighting chance!
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Son, I just wanted you to feel like you had a fighting chance.
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However, if we take immediate action, we can give them a fighting chance for survival.
Blog text (3) -
Hopefully, if both groups can completely unite, we will stand a fighting chance.
Blog text (24) -
We've gotta keep moving if we want a fighting chance.
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They both stand a fighting chance.
Synonyms
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2.4
A good but not certain chance of success
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3.5
A fair possibility of success that is not certain
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is partly compositional: 'fighting' (struggling/putting in effort) + 'chance' (possibility) conveys a possibility that requires effort. A B1 learner who knows both words can infer the general idea, but the conventional nuance — that the chance is modest/slim yet still realistic and idiomatically packaged — is not fully predictable, so it’s only partly transparent.
Etymology
Fighting chance may come from the image of a person who is still fighting in a battle or match, so the word chance means they still have an opportunity to win. That's why it means having a real but not certain possibility of 'success' when things are difficult.