fighting chance
noun
: a chance that may be realized by a struggle
the patient had a fighting chance to live
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Game 3 will be Wednesday night at Xcel, and Minnesota gave itself a fighting chance to force the series back to Toronto for a deciding Game 5 in the best-of-five series.
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Dean Spiros, Twin Cities, 14 May 2024
Call on Aphrodite to weaken enemy attacks against you for a fighting chance.
—Nikki McCann Ramirez, Rolling Stone, 9 May 2024
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Dean Spiros, Twin Cities, 14 May 2024
Call on Aphrodite to weaken enemy attacks against you for a fighting chance.
—Nikki McCann Ramirez, Rolling Stone, 9 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for fighting chance
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“Fighting chance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fighting%20chance. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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