Meaning of odds-on | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Having a chance of winning that is better than even.
2. In which the amount won on a bet is less than the amount staked.
3. Very likely.
   colloquial

Examples

“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.””

“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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