DEFINITIONS

on the chance that

On the possibility that, as in I came early on the chance that we might have time to chat. This phrase uses chance in the sense of “a possibility or probability for some event,” a usage dating from the late 1700s. It is sometimes put as on the off chance, meaning “on the slight but unlikely possibility,” as in I came late on the off chance that I could avoid Thomas. The addition of off in the sense of “remote” dates from the mid-1800s.

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on the block, on the brain, on the bum, on the button, on the carpet, on the chance that, on the cheap, on the chin, on the contrary, on the cuff, on the defensive
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