long shot
noun [in singular]
An attempt or guess that has only the slightest chance of succeeding or being accurate: it’s a long shot, but well worth trying...
- I thought I'd call the police station, just on the off chance, the long shot that it had turned up.
- Though not impossible, attempting to obtain permission for residential use would be a long shot.
- It's still a long shot but increased exposure is building up experience and the chances are shortening.
Phrases
(not) by a long shot
- blue-stockinger
- bluestockingish
- bluestockingism
- Bluestocking Parliament
- bluestone
- blue straggler
- blue streak
- blue succory
- bluesy
- bluet
- bluetail
- blue-tangle
- bluethroat
- blue tick
- blue-tick coonhound
- blue-ticked
- blue-tick hound
- blue tit
- blue titmouse
- bluetongue
- blue-tongued skink
- Bluetooth
- Bluetooth-enabled
- Blue Train
- bluette