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main chance

noun

  1. an opportunity offering the greatest gain:

    Being ambitious, he always had an eye for the main chance.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of main chance1

First recorded in 1570–80
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Example Sentences

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He posed less as a savior of TikTok’s users from the sinister designs of Chinese overlords than an investor spotting the main chance on the horizon.

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They had revisited an early screenplay of David’s called “The Main Chance,” which takes places at the Saratoga Race Course, but Rita said they backed off once David became agitated, thinking he was back at the track.

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The two become precarious friends, with Norma forever seizing the main chance, often to Susan’s detriment.

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Win or lose, the GOP will declare that Biden blew his main chance.

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Injuries to his main chance creators.

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