Definition of "odds-on" []

• Informal More likely than others to win; having a good chance of success: "I was the odds-on favorite to become the next president of the Ford Motor Company” ( Lee Iacocca). (adjective)

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• "Ipsos pollster Cliff Young said rising gasoline prices are taking their toll but they probably did not present a long-term problem for Obama, who he called the odds-on favorite."
• "Surely it must now be odds-on that ear plugs will have to be declared at some point, as is already done with blinkers, visors, tonguestraps and cheekpieces."
• "And correspondent Wyatt Cenac reported live from Heaven on which Republican was the odds-on favorite to receive the "coveted God endorsement.""