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ghost of a chance

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not a ghost of a chance
if someone does not have a ghost of a chance, they are not at all likely to succeed. Against competition like that, they didn't have the ghost of a chance of winning. (sometimes + of + doing something)
See also: chance, ghost


a ghost of a chance
a very small possibility. There's not a ghost of a chance that he'll be promoted.
See also: chance, ghost


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George's Hill was brought down, did they give the artillery the ghost of a chance against them.
There was, to be sure, hardly a ghost of a chance for either of them, in a serious sense; but there was, or had been, a chance of one or the other inspiring him with a passing fancy for her, and enjoying the pleasure of his attentions while he stayed here.
A few reached the barred gates, only to be shot in their tracks, without the ghost of a chance to gain the inside of the palisade, and then the whole attack crumpled, and the remaining warriors scampered back into the forest.
 
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