on the (off) chance

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• on the off-chance —    If you do something on the off chance, you think there might be a slight possibility of success.     I went into the supermarket on the off chance that I would find a map …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

• off-chance — n off chance on the off chance if you do something on the off chance that something will happen, you do it hoping that it will happen although it is unlikely ▪ I just came to see you on the off chance that Pippa might be here …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• off chance — off ,chance noun on the off chance in the hope that something will happen or succeed, although it seems unlikely: I called on the off chance he d be at home …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• off-chance — also offchance PHRASE: PHR after v, oft PHR that, PHR of n/ ing If you do something on the off chance, you do it because you hope that it will succeed, although you think that this is unlikely. He had taken a flight to Paris on the off chance… …   English dictionary

• off chance — noun A condition of not being likely or probable. He submitted a job application on the off chance that nobody better would …   Wiktionary

• The Second Chance (The O.C. episode) — Infobox Television episode Colour = #ffaa44 Series = The O.C. Title = The Second Chance Season = 2 (2004 2005) Caption = Caleb, Kirsten and Lindsay at the hospital Episode = 11 Airdate = February 3, 2005 (FOX) Writer = Drew Z. Greenberg and Josh… …   Wikipedia

• off chance — Synonyms and related words: bare possibility, chance, conceivability, conceivableness, contingency, dark horse, even chance, eventuality, fighting chance, gambling chance, good chance, good possibility, hardly a chance, hope, hundred to one shot …   Moby Thesaurus

• The Chaser's War on Everything — season two intertitle Genre Comedy, Satire Created by The Chaser …   Wikipedia

• chance — chance1 W1S1 [tʃa:ns US tʃæns] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(possibility)¦ 2¦(opportunity)¦ 3¦(risk)¦ 4¦(likely to succeed)¦ 5¦(luck)¦ 6 stand/have a chance (of something/of doing something) 7 by any chance 8 any chance of ...? 9 be in with a chance …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• chance — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 possibility ADJECTIVE ▪ excellent, good, high, real, strong ▪ There is a very real chance that the film will win an award. ▪ decent …   Collocations dictionary

• chance — chance1 [ tʃæns ] noun *** 1. ) count usually singular an opportunity for you to do something, especially something that you want to do: OPPORTUNITY: chance for: The meetings are very short, so there is little chance for real discussion. the… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English