Word info

on the off chance

Adverb

Meaning

on the off chance

Hoping that (something is the case), even if it is unlikely.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Alternative names

on the off-chance

Examples

So are you saying that somebody went to all the trouble to make you a crypt a thousand years ago on the off chance that you might turn up one day, walk in, and have a convenient heart attack? Garth Nix

On the off chance that you have children, don't clean up at all. As children, my brother and sister and I loved waking up early and playing cocktail party with the leftover debris. Amy Sedaris

I need to make sure that when I'm running out to the drugstore I'm not wearing a Biore strip or something. Not that I expect anyone to recognize me, but on the off chance they do, I just don't want to embarrass myself. Ellie Kemper

According to the tweets, the greater part of Mohale’s supporters was dazzled and wished on the off chance that they had a cherishing and defensive lover like him. Source: Internet

During the advance procedure, I realized things were looking hopeless, so I contacted the last four speculators I’ve worked with this previous year and introduced the chance to be my bank, just on the off chance that the credit didn’t experience. Source: Internet

They are more than willing to risk the life of the mother on the off chance that it could save the fetus. Source: Internet

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