fancy one's chances en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(idiomatic) To believe that one has a good chance of success.
Iceland played with courage, skill and togetherness and might also fancy their chances against France in Sunday’s quarter-final.
2016 June 27, Daniel Taylor, “England humiliated as Iceland knock them out of Euro 2016”, in The Guardian, London:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| fancying one's chances | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| fancies one's chances | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| fancied one's chances | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| fancied one's chances | Tense=Past | lexicographic |