Idiom
beat the odds
Meaning
To succeed despite being unlikely to do so.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He worked hard and beat the odds to win.”
“The small team had very little money, but they beat the odds to finish the project on time.”
“Despite the grim medical prognosis, the patient beat the odds and made a full recovery through sheer determination.”
Examples
simple
“He worked hard and beat the odds to win.”
contextual
“The small team had very little money, but they beat the odds to finish the project on time.”
complex
“Despite the grim medical prognosis, the patient beat the odds and made a full recovery through sheer determination.”
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