Usually means: Unlikely to succeed, but attempted.
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  1. longshot: Vocabulary.com
  2. Longshot, longshot: Wordnik
  3. longshot: Wiktionary
  4. longshot: Dictionary.com
  5. Longshot (Marvel Comics), Longshot (disambiguation), Longshot (film), Longshot, The Longshot (band), The Longshot: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. longshot: Rhymezone
  7. longshot: FreeDictionary.org
  8. longshot: Mnemonic Dictionary
  9. longshot: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. longshot: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Longshot)

▸ noun:  Alternative spelling of long shot. [A shot fired at a distant target.]

Similar:
crackshot, hail-shot, swan-shot, air shot, trickshot, shot-gun, cheap-shot, shoot-out, crap-shoot, dropshot, more...

Opposite:
favorite, frontrunner, odds-on favorite

Types:
dark horse, underdog, long shot, more...

Phrases:
Project Longshot, more...



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Similar:
crackshot, hail-shot, swan-shot, air shot, trickshot, shot-gun, cheap-shot, shoot-out, crap-shoot, dropshot, more...

Opposite:
favorite, frontrunner, odds-on favorite

Types:
dark horse, underdog, long shot, more...

Phrases:
Project Longshot, more...



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