sporting chance

NOUN

good chance

Synonyms

WEAK

betting proposition flip of the coin gambler's chance good possibility hazard of the die luck of the draw matter of chance throw of the dice toss of the coin toss-up

Example Sentences

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Even a scoreless draw or 1-0 defeat would leave them a sporting chance before a second leg against a Peru side that could conceivably buckle under the potentially crippling weight of national expectation back home.

From The Guardian • Nov. 9, 2017

The next two teams on the list, the 1968 Cardinals and 1968 Indians, pitched in a year so offensively anemic that baseball soon lowered the mound to give hitters a sporting chance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2016

With Affleck not nominated this time, and no star directors among the final five, Spielberg has a sporting chance, though the feeling here is that Ang Lee will be cited for Life of Pi.

From Time • Feb. 22, 2013

It used to be that journalists had a sporting chance of protecting their sources.

From New York Times • Feb. 12, 2012

We've mucked it badly enough, but I'm not going to fling it up while there's a sporting chance of finding him.

From The Grell Mystery by Froest, Frank