ON A WING AND A PRAYER meaning: Hoping for success despite odds

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on a wing and a prayer: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
on a wing and a prayer: Merriam-Webster
on a wing and a prayer: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
on a wing and a prayer: Collins English Dictionary
on a wing and a prayer: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
on a wing and a prayer: Wiktionary
On a Wing and a Prayer: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
On a wing and a prayer: World Wide Words

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on a wing and a prayer: Idioms

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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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