Antonyms for by a long shotby a long shot

Princeton's WordNet

1. by a long shotadverb

   by a great deal

   "he is the best by a long shot"; "his labors haven't ended there--not by a long shot"

How to use by a long shot in a sentence?

1. Justin Hanson:

   It's a long shot and the odds are against us, but it feels like we are doing the right thing, we're working hard, but we're having fun. There's always music going at our campaign office -- and coffee.

2. Marina Pacheco:

   I think it was a bit of a long shot -- it looks like it tried to grab the neck of the woodpecker to break it, i think that it probably doesn't have a big enough jaw to bite through the spine of the woodpecker.

3. Tom Barrack:

   Nobody should count him out of the race. Strong, thoughtful, considerate, powerful, experienced -- a long shot for sure in Democratic circles, but as the other candidates start to winnow out, you never can tell what happens.

4. Mark Baker:

   We always knew a cert petition was a long shot, but we gave it our all. Obviously we are still disappointed.

5. Anthony Carrigan:

   I completely disregarded [ a nomination ] as a possibility, i just considered it to be such a long shot... It was actually Bill who texted me. I was in my hotel room getting ready to go to set for' Bill Ted 3, and Bill texted me,' Congrats, dude.' That's it -- no exclamation point, no nothing. I was like,' On what ? Did the show get nominated ?' And he said,' You got nominated,' So that was a really, really cool moment. And I just kind of had to stare at the floor for a few minutes.

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