fancy one's chances

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fancy one's chances

  1. (idiomatic) To believe that one has a good chance of success.
    • 2016 June 27, Daniel Taylor, “England humiliated as Iceland knock them out of Euro 2016”, in The Guardian‎, London:
      Iceland played with courage, skill and togetherness and might also fancy their chances against France in Sunday’s quarter-final.
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