beat the odds
Verb
Meaning
beat the odds (third-person singular simple present beats the odds, present participle beating the odds, simple past beat the odds, past participle beaten the odds or (colloquial) beat the odds)
to succeed despite being unlikely to do so
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Examples
It's a great challenge to come from little New Zealand and beat the odds in Hollywood.
I've always been an underdog. I feel like I beat the odds.