"even chance" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: even chances [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} even chance (plural even chances)
  1. A chance in which success is just as likely as failure. Hypernyms: chance, possibility Related terms: as likely as not, as often as not, fifty-fifty Coordinate_terms: fat chance
    Sense id: en-even_chance-en-noun-ULRMn6zA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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