on the off-chance

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on the off-chance

if you do something on the off-chance, you do it because you hope you will get or find something or someone, even if it is not very likely I don't think he works in the shop on Saturdays, but you could stop by on the off-chance. (often + that ) Journalists often investigate film stars' private lives on the off-chance that they might find something scandalous. (often + of + doing sth) She flew in from New York on the off-chance of getting tickets to see Becker play his last match at Wimbledon.

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I only came round on the off-chance of letters, but if I hadn't you'd have had another week in clover. A Thief in the Night by Hornung, E. W. View in context			on the heels of on the hoof on the horizon on the horns of a dilemma on the hot seat on the hour on the house on the job on the lam on the level on the line on the lookout on the loose on the margins of on the mark on the market on the mend on the merits on the money on the move on the nail on the never-never on the nod on the nose on the off chance on the off-chance on the one hand on the one hand...on the other hand on the other on the other hand on the outs on the part of on the pill on the point of doing on the prowl on the quiet on the rack on the rag on the rebound on the receiving end on the right track on the rise on the road on the road to on the road to recovery on the rocks on the ropes on the run on the safe side on the same page on the same wavelength			on the money on the money On the Moon Productions on the move on the move on the move on the move on the move On the Move Accessibility On the Move Antenna on the nail on the nail on the nail on the nail on the nail On the neck of On the Needles On The Net on the never-never On the Nod on the nose on the nose on the nose on the nose On the Nose (The Price is Right pricing game) on the off chance on the off chance on the off chance on the off chance on the off chance on the off-chance on the offensive on the offensive on the offensive on the one hand on the one hand on the one hand on the one hand on the one hand on the one hand on the one hand...on the other hand On the opening order On the Opening Orders on the order of on the order of on the order of on the order of on the order of on the order of on the other on the other hand on the other hand on the other hand on the other hand on the other hand on the other hand On the Other Other Hand On the Other Paw On the Other Side of the Pond on the outs on the outs

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