VOCABULARY - IDIOMS
Stand a chance
Meaning:
- to have a possibility of succeeding, even if a remote one - to be possible to be able to do something - to have a hope of success - to have a possibility or a hope of success
Examples:
Do you believe that you stand a chance of getting that job?
His team doesn’t stand a chance of taking the title.
I think you should try for a date with her, if you think you stand a chance.
With this traffic, we don’t stand a chance of getting there before dark.
If funding by the government is withdrawn, small minority schools in the remote northern area, don’t stand a chance.
Do you believe that you stand a chance of getting that job?
His team doesn’t stand a chance of taking the title.
I think you should try for a date with her, if you think you stand a chance.
With this traffic, we don’t stand a chance of getting there before dark.
If funding by the government is withdrawn, small minority schools in the remote northern area, don’t stand a chance.