fighting chance

noun

a possibility of success following a struggle.

Origin:
1885–90

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fighting chance

—n
	a slight chance of success dependent on a struggle

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Idioms & Phrases

fighting chance

A possibility of winning, but only with a struggle. For example, It's going to be hard to beat that record, but I think he has a fighting chance. [Late 1800s]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Example sentences

Our view is that it would be better to go into it with consumer-demand backing

and know that you have a fighting chance.

Your knowledge and action may give our ash trees a fighting chance tomorrow.

United strengths give it fighting chance, observers say.

Alkaline saliva and the lack of stomach acid also give drugs a fighting chance.

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