long shot

/L AO1 NG SH AA1 T/

noun

1
Something unlikely; something that has little chance of happening or working.
“We can try your plan, but it's a long shot and it probably won't work.”
2
A master shot, the primary wide shot of a scene into which the closeups will be edited later.

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