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odds-on
adjective- very probable, most likely UK, 1888
Adopted from gambling use to denote any form of actuarial or notional likelihood. - It’s odds-on I’ll be asked to give a paper. — John A. Scott, Blair, p. 50, 1988
- Dumby was a sure-fire odds-on cert. He was unbackable. — Phillip Gwynne, Deadly Unna?, p. 132, 1998
- I know that I am odds-on to get my pension. — James Hawes, Dead Long Enough, p. 94, 2000
- in horse racing, said of odds that pay less than even money US
- — Les Conklin, Payday at the Races, p. 207, 1974
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