at odds (with someone/something)

odds | Business English

odds
noun[ plural ]
uk /ɒdz/us
the odds of something happening are how probable it is that it will happen:
the odds are against sthAt the moment it seems the odds are against a deal.
the odds are on sth/in sth's favourThey are so evenly matched, the odds are on a draw.
the odds are good/strongThe odds are good that the country's transformation will proceed smoothly.
good/better oddsPeople retiring today have better odds than ever of living a long healthy life.
the odds are slim/longGiven the poor economic climate, the odds of success are slim.
how probable something is, expressed as a pair of numbers or a percentage, for example when betting :
good/bad oddsWe think 6 to 2 are good odds.
the odds are ... against/in favour of sthThe odds are 100-1 against him getting the job.
the odds of sth happeningFor taxpayers with incomes above $100,000 the odds of being audited in 2006 were 1 in 59.
 be at odds (with sb/sth)
to disagree with someone:
She and her boss are at odds over the issue of training.
On this issue, Britain is at odds with the rest of the EU.
if two things are at odds, they are very different and cannot both be correct:
These findings are at odds with our research.
Management's and shareholders' interests seem to be at odds.
 against the odds/against all odds
used to say that someone has achieved something or succeeded despite this being very unlikely:
Against all odds, she won the case.
 the odds are against sb/in sb's favour
someone is unlikely/likely to succeed:
In a case like this, the odds are against the defendant.
 over the oddsUKinformal
more than something is really worth:
They paid way over the odds for their new offices.

Examples of odds

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At odds with a climate of reduced unknowns and devolved responsibility is a desire in good clients to pursue creativity, novelty and delight.
Odds of exit were 80 per cent lower for respondents with two or more children compared with others.
The associations between the risk factors included in the survey and symptoms of diarrhoea were assessed using bivariate tabulations and calculations of odds ratios.
In this respect, odds ratios can be more easily compared and present a clearer picture than linear regression coefficients.
Against all the odds, however, a deal has been finalized.
At first glance, the concentration of market reforms in the veto-free/hierarchical regimes is at odds with expectations.
Increases in either duration were associated with significant increases in the odds that a stimulus would be judged to end in a long vowel.
When blame, castigation, branding as deficient and dangerous, and exclusion from society's mainstream are added to the equation, the odds against rehabilitation are considerably magnified.
The much lower odds of predicted discharge observed in patients living in privately managed facilities raises some concern.
Table 2 presents the relative odds of encountering both disaffiliative and affiliative responses in each of the three locations.
Each insecure category was compared with the secure classification to yield odds ratios.
The odds of individuals employed in the local government sector making an active investment decision are 1.06 times greater than in other sectors.
In general, as income increased, the odds of reporting cost-related underuse decreased.
To test whether class influences individuals' party preferences, we use odds ratios.
Odds ratios are reported with 95 % confidence intervals.
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