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odds-on

[odz-on, -awn]
–adjective
being the one more or most likely to win, succeed, attain, or achieve something: the odds-on favorite.

Origin:
1885–90
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odds-on   (ŏdz'ŏn', -ôn')
adj.   Informal
More likely than others to win; having a good chance of success: "I was the odds-on favorite to become the next president of the Ford Motor Company" (Lee Iacocca).
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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odds-on

  1. mod.
    having to do with the thing or person favored to win. : My horse is an odds-on favorite to win.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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