Usually means: Hoping for success despite odds.
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We found 9 dictionaries that define the word On a Wing and a Prayer:

General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. on a wing and a prayer: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. on a wing and a prayer: Merriam-Webster
  3. on a wing and a prayer: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. on a wing and a prayer: Collins English Dictionary
  5. on a wing and a prayer: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. on a wing and a prayer: Wiktionary
  7. On a Wing and a Prayer: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. On a wing and a prayer: World Wide Words

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  1. on a wing and a prayer: Idioms

Definitions from Wikipedia (On a Wing and a Prayer)

noun:  On a Wing & a Prayer is the seventh studio album by Gerry Rafferty.
noun:  a 2023 American biographical survival film directed by Sean McNamara and starring Dennis Quaid, Heather Graham, and Jesse Metcalfe.


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