on the off chance

Idioms  

1. see under on the chance that.

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Example Sentences

But on the off chance that your palm pattern means something more?

From Literature

Her own plain dress she left behind on the rack, on the off chance there might one day be a ballet about governesses.

From Literature

There was no reason anyone needed to know, for example, that Ben had bought a small farm in the country, north of San Francisco, in a remote place without road access, planted with fruit and vegetables sufficient to feed his family, on the off chance of the end of the world as we know it.

From Literature

It was clearly from someone she knew, although she had no idea it was her friend Yevgeny Merkis who had scrawled the message on the off chance she might see it.

From BBC

On the off chance that an awards producer ends up reading this, here’s a hint: we want to hear what the winners have to say.

From Salon