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Outside chance
Answer for the clue "Outside chance ", 9 letters:
long shot
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Wikipedia
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" Long Shot " is a song written by Gary Scruggs and Don Schlitz , and recorded by American country music group Baillie & the Boys . It was released in October 1988 as the first single from the album Turn the Tide . The song reached #5 on the Billboard Hot ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
in the figurative sense of "something unlikely," 1867, from long (adj.) + shot (n.). The notion is of a shot at a target from a great distance, thus difficult to make. Cinematic sense is from 1922.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
alt. 1 (context idiomatic nautical English) Something unlikely; something that has little chance of happening or working. The term arose from the accuracy of early ship guns, which were effective only at close range and unlikely to hit the mark at any great ...