odds-on
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- adjective
- /ˈɑdzˌɑn/
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muy probable
- In fact, he's now the odds-on favorite thanks to the abandonment of Pres. Obama by so-called progressives.
- odds-on favorite
- odds-on to win
- odds-on chance
Examples
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Having won the Interzonal, he is the odds-on favorite to win the Candidates Tournament and gain a match against the current world champion.
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He made 40% of his threes last season and is the odds-on favorite to assume the go-to-guy role for this team.
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Well, it looks like the odds on the home team just went up.
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We got to make them the odds-on favorite to win the gold.
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Your son's the odds-on favorite, I understand.
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Netanyahu is the odds-on favorite to win the upcoming election.
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I figured the Angels were odds-on favorites to win the AL West.
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But my, oh, my, the odds-on favourite showed his true colours with that late-stretch run.
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In the run-up to today's announcement, Mantel had been the odds-on favorite to win the award, along with Will Self for his modernist novel Umbrella.
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The team is the odds-on favorite to win the championship this year.
Antonyms
How Likely
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Odds-on comes from betting language where odds are the numbers that show who is likely to win and on means 'in favour of'. So if someone is odds-on, the bet is 'in their favour' and they are seen as 'very likely' to win.