off-chance
/ˈɒftʃɑːns/ noun UK informalDefinition
on the off-chance › hoping that something may be possible, although it is not likely: I went to the station on the off-chance that she'd be there.
(Definition of off-chance noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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