beat the odds (English, verb)
expansion: beat the odds (third-person singular simple present beats the odds, present participle beating the odds, simple past beat the odds, past participle beaten the odds or (colloquial) beat the odds)
Senses:
glosses: To succeed despite being unlikely to do so.
tags: idiomatic
informal
Forms:
form: beats the odds
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: beating the odds
tags: participle
present
form: beat the odds
tags: past
form: beaten the odds
tags: participle
past
form: beat the odds
tags: colloquial
participle
past