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against the odds

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against (all) the odds
if you do or achieve something against all the odds, you do or achieve it although there were a lot of problems and you were not likely to succeed. Against all the odds, she conceived her first child at the age of 56. He struggled against the odds to keep his business going during the recession.
See also: against, odds
against the odds
despite many difficulties. The team battled against the odds and won the championship in the final weekend. He should be famous given what he accomplished against the odds.
Etymology: based on the literal meaning of odds (= the likelihood of success expressed as a comparison of two numbers)
See also: against, odds
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The Recipe is a vividly presented and very strongly recommended read as the inspiring story of one African American woman's success against the odds due to her passion, and persistence despite inevitable hardship and loss.
The Recipe by Small Press Bookwatch
One of the true heroes for which Winston Churchill was to acknowledge with his famous declaration that never had "so many owed so much to so few", The Sky Suspended is the true life story of heroism, survival against the odds, and a remembering of so many that did not make it through--but to whom so much is owed to that generation of young men by all of the generations that follow.
The Sky Suspended by Internet Bookwatch
But he employs his heightened other senses - kind of like the superhero Daredevil, only without the goofy costume and bad Ben Affleck performance, or Monk, only without Tony Shalhoub's Emmy Award - so he makes himself useful against the odds anyway.
CRIT-O-MATIC by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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