he's the odds-on favorite

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• the odds-on favorite — the one who is favored to win, the one to bet on    Orlando was the odds on favorite but they lost the series …   English idioms

• odds-on favorite — See the odds on favorite …   English idioms

• odds-on — adjective INFORMAL very likely: it is odds on (that): It s odds on that Gerry will miss the meeting again. be odds on to do something: Pearson is odds on to play his last game on Saturday. the odds on favorite the person or animal that people… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• odds-on — odds′ on′ adj. being the one more or most likely to attain or achieve something: the odds on favorite[/ex] • Etymology: 1885–90 …   From formal English to slang

• odds-on — adjective having a better than even chance of success the odds on favorite • Similar to: ↑unequal * * * I. ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective Etymology: odds + on, adverb 1. a. : that is more lik …   Useful english dictionary

• The Long Walk — infobox Book | name = The Long Walk title orig = translator = image caption = First edition cover author = Richard Bachman (Stephen King) cover artist = country = United States language = English series = genre = Science fiction Horror publisher …   Wikipedia

• odds-on — adjective Date: 1890 1. having or viewed as having a better than even chance to win < the odds on favorite > 2. not involving much risk ; pretty sure < an odds on bet > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• odds-on — /odz on , awn /, adj. being the one more or most likely to win, succeed, attain, or achieve something: the odds on favorite. [1885 90] * * * …   Universalium

• odds-mak|er — «ODZ MAY kuhr», noun. a person who makes a business of establishing the odds for betting, especially in a sporting event: »The professional odds makers have established the slugging [prizefighter] a 13 5 favorite to retain his crown (New York… …   Useful english dictionary

• The Rumble in the Jungle — was a boxing match pitting then world Heavyweight champion George Foreman against former world champion and challenger Muhammad Ali that took place on October 30, 1974, in the Mai 20 Stadium in Kinshasa, Zaire (now Democratic Republic of the… …   Wikipedia

• odds — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, great, impossible, incredible, insurmountable, overwhelming, terrible ▪ She struggled against terrible odds to overcome her illness …   Collocations dictionary