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In some senses, odds-on is marked as colloquial. Watch for register when choosing this word.
odds-on
adj 3
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4ADJ.
favourite
VERB + ODDS-ON
announcing, described
ODDS-ON + NOUN
-
PREP.
down, on
Definitions
adj
1
Having a chance of winning that is better than even.
The trophy had barely been lifted before the first press release went out from the bookmakers announcing Norwich as odds-on to go down next season.
Trump described the man odds-on to take the keys to Gracie Mansion in November as a “Communist” who “is going to have problems with Washington like no Mayor in the history of our once great City.”
2
In which the amount won on a bet is less than the amount staked.
3
Very likely.
Name a light entertainer and its odds-on that he - or even she (think of Cilla Black) – learned the trade of laughter and song in Liverpool.
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The trophy had barely been lifted before the first press release went out from the bookmakers announcing Norwich as odds-on to go down next season.
Wiktionary02
Trump described the man odds-on to take the keys to Gracie Mansion in November as a “Communist” who “is going to have problems with Washington like no Mayor in the history of our once great City.”
Wiktionary03
Name a light entertainer and its odds-on that he - or even she (think of Cilla Black) – learned the trade of laughter and song in Liverpool.
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Tom put fifty dollars on an odds-on favourite.
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