long shot

Gun regulation, of course, was not the only successful initiative, not by a long shot.

It does, and a little-known, long-shot Democrat is taking him to the wire.

For now, neither Warren nor Clinton are campaigning with long-shot Democrats in the Hawkeye State.

In 2012, Bentivolio filed as a long-shot primary candidate to take on idiosyncratic five-term incumbent Thaddeus McCotter.

McCotter, fresh off a long-shot presidential bid, was expected to cruise to victory.

A mile then was a long shot for the largest guns, and the Yankee cruisers had made a fair start.

You have a lot of soreheads to handle, here and at the division shops, and it isn't all their fault, not by a long shot.

Not that he or anybody else can tell me all about you—not by a long shot; I know boys and young men well enough for that.

Gavegan had grumbled to himself that it was only a thousand to one shot; but luck had been with him, and his long shot had won.

The actual limit is when the star has reached the density of a neutron, and this star hasn't collapsed that far by a long shot.