in a fair way

English

Prepositional phrase

in a fair way

  1. Likely; having a good chance (of or to something).
    • 1853, John Yonge Akerman, Wiltshire Tales, page 131:
      Jack, among his friends, had raised money sufficient to fee an Old Bailey counsel, who, by blustering and cross-examination, succeeded in so flabbergastering the simple witnesses for the prosecution, that the prisoner was in a fair way of being acquitted; […]
    • 1874, Mr. Crown (John), ‎James Maidment, ‎William Hugh Logan, The Dramatic Works of John Crowne (volume 4, page 138)
      He's in a fair way to be King.
    • 1903, Charles Paul de Kock, The Masterpieces of Charles Paul de Kock (volume 6, page 351)
      […] he's in a fair way of dying of love for an actress; he won't say who she is.
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