Usually means: Attempts with low probability of success.
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  1. long shots: Merriam-Webster
  2. long shots: Collins English Dictionary
  3. long shots: Vocabulary.com
  4. long-shots: Wordnik
  5. long shots: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. long shots: Wiktionary
  7. Long shots: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. Long Shots: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Long Shots: Encyclopedia

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  1. Long Shots: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (long shot)

noun:  A shot fired at a distant target.
noun:  (idiomatic) Something unlikely; something that has little chance of happening or working.
noun:  (film) A master shot, the primary wide shot of a scene into which the closeups will be edited later.
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