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long shot

 
 
noun [C] informal

Translation

something that is not likely to succeed
boşuna/beyhude çaba/uğraş; başarılı olması zayıf ihtimal
It's a long shot, but you could try phoning him at home.2033
(Definition of long shot noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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