What does dont stand a chance mean?

What does dont stand a chance mean?

If you say that someone stands a chance of achieving something, you mean that they are likely to achieve it. If you say that someone doesn’t stand a chance of achieving something, you mean that they cannot possibly achieve it.

What’s the meaning of stand a chance?

: to have a possibility of (succeeding or winning) The team stands a chance of doing well this year. I think she stands a good chance of winning the election.

Is stand a chance an idiom?

Have a possibility or a hope of success, as in Do you think Mary stands a chance of finishing the marathon? or I think we stand a fair chance of seeing the Queen arrive at Buckingham Palace. This idiom was first recorded in 1796.

What does stand with someone mean?

stand with someone to unite with someone, as in defense. Don’t worry. I’ll stand with you to the end. He stood with her and they faced the threat together.

Can stand a chance?

To have a possibility, however remote, of succeeding; to possibly be able to do something.

How do you say stand a chance?

In this page you can discover 7 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for stand-a-chance, like: be a possibility, be a likelihood, have a chance, be a probability, have something in one’s favor, have something on one’s side and be preferred.

What is a synonym for no chance?

“Troopers aboard untried war horses simply had no chance against heavily armored tank divisions.”…What is another word for no chance?

fat chance chance in a million
poor outlook poor possibility
poor prospect slim chance
small chance snowball’s chance in hell
unthinkable very little chance

What does we stand mean slang?

WE is an internet abbreviation meaning whatever. It can be used as a simple replacement for the word or as a flippant remark—or, you know, whatever. WE occasionally stands for weekend.

What do u call a slight or no chance?

noununlikely winner. chance hit. fluke. hundred-to-one shot. little chance.

What to do if someone stood you up?

5 stages of dealing with being stood up

  1. In order to move on from being stood up, you must first accept it.
  2. Allow yourself to be angry, but do not call the guy who stood you up.
  3. It doesn’t matter why it happened; think of the experience as a lesson learned.