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long shot

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.

Synonymsestablishing shot, wide shot

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