off chance
See at chance (def. 17).
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use off chance in a sentence
In other words, a Palestinian from Susya could, hypothetically, apply for a permit on the 5% off-chance that it will be accepted.
Do not rashly abandon your career on the railway on the off-chance of a vocal Bonanza.
The red and white were close together, and I went up the table and down again, on the off-chance of a cannon.
Happy Days | Alan Alexander MilneBut the off-chance of these things was too remote to meet his present needs.
The Squire's Daughter | Silas K(itto) HockingBut it was just the off-chance of something happening that irritated him.
The Squire's Daughter | Silas K(itto) Hocking
You and I will wait up there in the hills on the off-chance of picking up some news.
The Half-Hearted | John Buchan
British Dictionary definitions for off chance
a slight possibility
on the off chance with the hope: on the off chance of getting the job
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Browse