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against all the odds Definition


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odds
plural noun
    1. The chance or probability, expressed as a ratio, that something will or will not happen.
      Example: The odds are 10‐1 against
    2. The difference, expressed as a ratio, between the amount placed as a bet and the money which might be won.
      Example: offer odds of 2 to 1
    3. An advantage that is thought to exist, especially in favour of one competitor over another.
      Example: The odds are in her favour
    4. Likelihood.
      Example: The odds are he'll be late again
      Thesaurus: probability, likelihood, chance.
    5. An equalizing allowance given to a weaker side or competitor.
Idiom: against all the odds (against all odds)
    In spite of great difficulty or disadvantage.
Idiom: at odds
    In disagreement or dispute; on bad terms.
      Thesaurus: in conflict, opposed, in dispute, at variance, at loggerheads, quarreling, feuding, at one another's throats, at outs (slang), with daggers drawn.
Idiom: give odds (lay odds)
    To offer a bet with favourable odds.
Idiom: make no odds
    To make no significant difference.
Idiom: over the odds
    More than is normal, required or expected, etc.
Idiom: shout the odds
    To talk too much or too loudly.
    To boast.
Idiom: take odds
    To accept a bet.
    To offer a bet with unfavourable odds.
Idiom: What's the odds?
    colloq
    What difference does it make?; What does it matter?
Etymology: 16c, originally meaning ‘unequal things'.



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