english
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Phrase(s): stand a chance (of doing something) to have a chance of doing something. • Do you think I stand a chance of winning first place? • Everyone stands a chance of catching the disease.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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Have a possibility or a hope of success, as in Do you think Mary stands a chance of finishing the marathon? or I think we stand a fair chance of seeing the Queen arrive at Buckingham Palace. This idiom was first recorded in 1796. Also see NOT HAVE AN EARTHLY CHANCE.
American Heritage Idioms