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sporting chance, a

sporting chance, a

A fair chance for success, as in She thinks she has a sporting chance for being named bureau chief. [Colloquial; late 1800s]
See also: sporting

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Matryona-Russian
Saxa-Ancient Germanic
JessamynJES-ə-minEnglish (Rare)
Gilbertakhil-BER-tah (Dutch), jeel-BER-tah (Italian)Dutch, Italian
VeikkoVAYK-koFinnish
Ascroft['æʃkrɔft]
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