given half a chance

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given half a/the chance (informal)

if someone would do something given half a chance, they would certainly do it if they had the opportunity He'd steal from his own grandmother, given half the chance. Given half a chance I'd leave this job today.

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			give the slip give the thumbs down give the thumbs up give the time of day give the willies Give them hell! give tit for tat give to on a plate give to on a platter give to understand give under threat of give up as a bad job give up for dead give up hope give up the fight give up the ghost Give us the tools, and we will finish the job give vent to give voice to give walking papers give way give way to give weight to give you a lift? given given half a chance given to given to doing given to understand glad glad hand glad rags glad to hear it glad to meet you glad you could come glad you could drop by glance glance around glance at glance back glance down glance off glance over glance through glare glare at glare down on glass glass in glaze over gleam			given blood given blood given blood given blood given by testament given chase given chase given chase given chase given color given color given color given colour given colour given colour given due consideration given evidence given evidence given evidence given evidence given eye teeth for given eye to be given for given for given forth given forth given ground given ground given ground given ground given half a chance given half the chance given head given head given head given head given heart given heart given heart given heart given hell given hell given ideas given ideas given ideas given ideas Given Imaging Ltd. Given Internet Protocol User given into given into given it given it given it best shot given it best shot given it best shot given it large given it large given it large given it large given it up given it up

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