Usually means: Possibility, though unlikely to happen.
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We found 13 dictionaries that define the word on the off chance:

General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. on the off chance: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. on the off chance: Merriam-Webster
  3. on the off-chance, on the off-chance, on the off chance: Collins English Dictionary
  4. on the off chance: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. on the off chance: Wiktionary
  6. on the off chance: Dictionary.com
  7. on the off chance: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. on the off chance: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. on the off chance: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. on the off chance: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. on the off-chance, on the off chance: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (on the off chance)

adverb:  Hoping that (something is the case), even if it is unlikely.

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