more often than not

more often than not
{adv. phr.} More than half the time; fifty-one or more times out of a hundred; not quite usually, but fairly regularly. * /Nancy comes over on Saturday more often than not./ * /Ben is a fairly good runner. He wins more often than not./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • more often than not — usually, most of the time …   English contemporary dictionary

  • as often as not — more often than not or as often as not on most occasions, or in most situations More often than not, the arguments could have been avoided …   English dictionary

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