beat the odds

idiom

: to succeed despite not having a good chance of succeeding

Most new restaurants fail, but this one somehow managed to beat the odds.

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Richard Gadd’s Netflix hit, Baby Reindeer, produced for a song and released with little fanfare, beat the odds to become a surprise sensation. —

Joe Utichi, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2024 Former Las Vegas Raiders head coach Jon Gruden beat the odds Thursday when the Supreme Court of Nevada granted his petition for en banc reconsideration of his case accusing NFL commissioner Roger Goodell or someone on the commissioner’s behalf of tortiously interfering with his Raiders contract. —

Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019 Hilliard, getting the start in center field in place of Brenton Doyle who’s nursing a sore left hand, beat the odds with his game-clinching three-run homer in the fifth. —

Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 8 Sep. 2024 Even in the midst of widespread ecological catastrophe, certain animals found a way to beat the odds and survive. —

Scott Travers, Forbes, 7 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for beat the odds

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