fighting chance

American  

noun

1. a possibility of success following a struggle.

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fighting chance British  

noun

1. a slight chance of success dependent on a struggle

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fighting chance Idioms  

1. 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]

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Etymology

Origin of fighting chance

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

Give our boys a fighting chance.

From Literature

And that meant that Barron’s stockpickers stood a fighting chance when it came to beating the market.

From Barron's

"We have a fighting chance to reduce plastics because it's very much a contemporary issue."

From Barron's

But if there's one man who stands a fighting chance of making it happen...

From BBC

Second-bottom Burnley have a fighting chance as almost half the teams in their position at Christmas have stayed up, although the only time that's happened in the past eight seasons was when Eddie Howe led Newcastle to 11th in 2021-22.

From BBC