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[long pull] See: LONG HAUL. [long shot] {n.}

1. A bet or other risk taken though not likely to succeed.

* /The horse was a long shot, but it came in and paid well./

* /Jones was a long shot for mayor./

* /The business long shot that succeeds often pays extremely well./

2. See: BY A LONG SHOT.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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