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Definition of Chance on
1. Verb. Find unexpectedly. "The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake"
Generic synonyms: Find, Regain
Derivative terms: Discovery, Discovery
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chance On
Literary usage of Chance on
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American State Trials: A Collection of the Important and Interesting by John Davison Lawson, Robert Lorenzo Howard (1921)
"... down-trodden by a few capitalists, and that the average man has not a chance
on earth; that this war is a war of capitalism ; that it was brought about ..."
2. Political Dictionary: Forming a Work of Universal Reference, Both by Charles Knight (1846)
"The Bavarian code is somewhat special in its provisions ; it distinguishes between
games of pure skill, and mixed skill and chance on the one hand, ..."
3. Questions and Answers on Law: Alphabetically Arranged. With References to by Asa Kinne (1852)
"2 chance on Powers, 507 to 510. Wade v. Paget, 1 Bro. Ch. Rep., 363. ... 2 Chance
on Powers, 402, 507 Sugden on l'owers, 353, 358, 4<A edit. ..."
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