odds-on
Related to odds-on: Odds ratio
odds-on
1. Very likely or probable. Judging by the FBI's activity around the building, it seemed odds-on that an arrest would be made soon. It's odds-on at this point that we'll have to liquidate the company.
2. Most favored to win in a race. (Used almost exclusively in the phrase "odds-on favorite.") As usual, Man o' War is the odds-on favorite to win. I'd say no other horse really stands a chance. Who do you think is the odds-on favorite to win the World Cup?
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
odds-on
mod. having to do with the thing or person favored to win. My horse is an odds-on favorite to win.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- against all odds
- against the odds
- at odds over (something)
- at odds
- odds
- by all odds
- be at odds
- be at odds (with)
- ask no odds
- set at odds