buck the odds
Example Sentences
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I believe he can buck the odds and be a guy who can have an NFL career.”
From Seattle Times • Mar. 3, 2022
For how a well-thought-out, well-executed gameplan can neutralize a physical advantage one team holds over another, and how on “any given Sunday” an underdog can buck the odds and win.
From The Guardian • Jan. 4, 2016
If Baltimore is to buck the odds, it will have to do so short-handed.
From Washington Times • Oct. 12, 2015
She's determined to buck the odds and get all her students — boys and girls — to meet a goal of reading 30 novels this school year.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 27, 2011
He will buck the odds as he did when making his film -- as Henry V did on his French campaign -- and with no smaller an appetite for success.
From Time Magazine Archive
