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sporting chance

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a sporting chance
a good chance that something will happen, although it is not certain. It's by no means definite but there's a sporting chance he'll get the job.
See also: chance

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Love of the sporting chance is inherent in the Anglo-Saxon race and it was not now Tarzan of the Apes but rather John Clayton, Lord Greystoke, who smilingly welcomed the sporting chance which he must take to discover how far-reaching was Numa's gratitude.
 
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