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Nine times out of ten

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A: What do you do on Friday nights?
B: Well, nine times out of ten we go to our favorite bar.

We use this expression to say that something is extremely probable.

You can use this phrase in ………… language.

 Spoken
 Written
 Informal

Example 1
A: What do you do on Friday nights?
B: Well, nine times out of ten we go to our favorite bar.

Example 2
A: I always try something different at weekends.
B: Me too. My brother doesn’t – nine times out of ten he goes to his weekend house!

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