off chancenoun
uk/ˈɒf ˌtʃɑːns/us/ˈɑːf ˌtʃæns/informalon the off chance
hoping that something may be possible, although it is not likely:
I applied for the job on the off chance that they might like me, but I didn't seriously expect to get it.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Possible and probable
- (the) chances are idiom
- always
- anything's possible idiom
- arguably
- as never before idiom
- avenue
- course
- lean
- lean towards sth
- liable
- likelihood
- likely
- sporting chance
- stand
- strange
- stranger things have happened idiom
- strong
- ten
- ten to one idiom
- vista
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