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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'long shot' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions long shot noun  (idiom)(nautical) Something unlikely; something that has little chance of happening or working. The term arose from the accuracy of early ship guns, which were effective only at close range and unlikely to hit the mark at any great distance. We can try your plan, but it's a and it probably won't work. (context, Filmology) A master shot, the primary wide shot of a scene into which the closeups will be edited later.        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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