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in the unlikely event



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Idioms and Phrases

If something improbable should occur. For example, In the unlikely event that I'm held up, please cover for me , or In the unlikely event that we should have snow in May, we're still well equipped to cope with it . Also see under in case , def. 2.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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