long odds

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Noun[edit]

long odds pl (plural only)

  1. (idiomatic) poor chances; unlikeliness, improbability
    • 2020, Barack Obama, A Promised Land, Crown:
      That sense of overcoming long odds probably explained why, despite our differences in age and experience, Harry and I hit it off.
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