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What does stand a chance mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word stand a chance? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (idiomatic) To have a chance.
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How would the fox hunters like it if they got chased for miles knowing that they wouldn't stand a chance of surviving?
It is hard to believe that this young female is a ruthless killer against whom we would not stand a chance.
Basically it didn't get any airplay on Radio One and if you don't get airplay, you don't stand a chance.
Political parties and candidates must break the rules in order to stand a chance of winning.
Of course, in the sexual celebration that was Paris in the early 1970s, monogamy didn't stand a chance.
He hated the idea, but it seemed like the only way they could go and stand a chance of surviving.

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