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given half a chance

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given half a chance
allowed any opportunity. Given half a chance, most writers would rather talk about a project than work on it.
Usage notes: also used in the form give someone/something half a chance: If we give Geoff half a chance, he could paint that kind of portrait.
See also: chance, given, half


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She is still the same stately, beautiful creature whom I would have described in detail long ago if I had been given half a chance.
The Man Upstairs and Other Stories by Wodehouse, Pelham Grenville View in context
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