by any chance

English

Prepositional phrase

by any chance

  1. Used to ask a question more politely
    Synonyms: perchance, by chance, perhaps, possibly
    Are you by any chance looking for a new staff member?
    You wouldn't like to come, by any chance?
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see by,‎ any,‎ chance.
    • 1895, Charles Conrad Abbott, Young Folks' Cyclopedia of Natural History, page 599:
      A perai itself, if wounded by any chance, is at once attacked and devoured by its fellows.

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