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fair chance

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Noun1.fair chance - a reasonable probability of success
sporting chance
probability, chance - a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; a number expressing the ratio of favorable cases to the whole number of cases possible; "the probability that an unbiased coin will fall with the head up is 0.5"


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I modestly declared myself to be quite unequal to the task imposed upon me--and I privately felt, all the time, that I was quite clever enough to perform it, if I only gave my own abilities a fair chance.
The Moonstone by Collins, Wilkie View in context
I was aware that he entertained a cordial detestation of the ship, and believed that, should a fair chance of escape present itself, he would embrace it willingly.
Typee by Melville, Herman View in context
Give 'm a fair chance, an' if he don't deliver the goods, I'll kill 'm myself.
White Fang by London, Jack View in context
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