Phrase Hound found 38 phrases and 10 compound words that contain odds. The most common are listed below. Open odds in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 38
- odds and endsMiscellaneous things; oddments
- over the oddsMore than necessary; too much.
- beat the oddsTo succeed despite being unlikely to do so.
- against all oddsDespite seemingly insurmountable opposition or probability.
- Betting odds
- Poker odds
- Odds-ratio
- beating the oddspresent participle and gerund of beat the odds
- play the oddsTo act, hoping for a particular, possible outcome.
- played the oddssimple past and past participle of play the odds
- playing the oddspresent participle and gerund of play the odds
- what are the oddsUsed to express surprise at an unlikely outcome.
- plays the oddsthird-person singular simple present indicative of play the odds: To act, hoping for a particular, possible outcome.
- long oddspoor chances; unlikeliness, improbability
- pot oddsThe ratio of pot size to the cost of a contemplated call.
- odds and sodsMiscellaneous items.
- beats the oddsthird-person singular simple present indicative of beat the odds: To succeed despite being unlikely to do so.
- even oddsAn opportunity in which the chance of success is equal to that of failure.
- fixed oddsA form of betting in which the amount of money that can be won does not change after one has placed a bet.
- implied oddsThe odds offered by the amount one must call against the amount currently in the pot plus the amount one stands to gain from future betting. (In contrast to pot odds)
- make no oddsTo make no significant difference; to be all the same.
- lay oddsTo offer a bet in which one stands more to lose than the opponent; or a bet in some other way favourable to the opponent.
- reverse implied oddsThe odds offered by the amount one stands to lose in future betting when one has the worst hand against the amount one stands to win when one has the best hand.
- beaten the oddspast participle of beat the odds: To succeed despite being unlikely to do so.
- laid oddssimple past and past participle of lay odds
Compound words 10
- oddsmakerA person who sets odds for gambling.
- oddsmakingThe setting of odds for gambling.
- oddsboardA board displaying the odds (or lines) for sports betting.
- oddsmanA person who offers odds to gamblers.
- oddswiseWith respect to odds.
- oddsmakersplural of oddsmaker: A person who sets odds for gambling.
- oddsboardsplural of oddsboard: A board displaying the odds (or lines) for sports betting.
- oddsmenplural of oddsman: A person who offers odds to gamblers.
- oddsbudAlternative spelling of ods bodikins: An expression of surprise or amazement.
- oddshipsplural of oddship: oddity, often used as a form of address.