fair chance
Even playing field
A fair chance is a reasonable opportunity to succeed or prove oneself, without unfair obstacles or disadvantages: Give him a fair chance to explain.
The phrase also indicates reasonable likelihood: There's a fair chance of rain tomorrow.
In employment contexts, "fair chance" often refers specifically to policies giving people with criminal records opportunity to work.
- opportunityFavorable circumstance for advancement
- shotQuick liquor serving
- equalIdentical in amount
- equal footingSame status or position
- levelHorizontal or uniform position
playing field · break · open door · luck · shake · odds · justice · equity · impartial · square deal · good faith · honest · unbiased · lottery · gamble · hope · prospect · possibility
- fair playrespect, honesty, integrity, good sportsmanship, clean game
- probabilityprobability, random, randomness, odds, luck
- fairnessjustice, impartiality, equity, equal opportunity, equal treatment
- sportsmanshipsportsmanship, respect, integrity, honor, humility
fair chancestacked deck
Pre-arranged cards for cheating
loaded dice · unfair advantage · rigged system · foregone conclusion · sham
fair chanceno chance
Emphatic refusal of possibility
impossibility · slim chance · snowball's chance in hell · lost cause · long shot
fair, chance, fairly, fairness, fairer, fairest, unfair, unfairly, unfairness