load the dice

idiom

informal

: to unfairly make one possible result more likely than another

We received information that would load the dice in favor of our arguments.

The dice were loaded against them but they still managed to win.

Examples of load the dice in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The report looks at three key weather conditions — heat, dryness and wind — that, when combined, load the dice for wildfires to spread quickly and grow large, said Kaitlyn Trudeau, senior research associate with Climate Central. —Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024

Hayley Smith, meanwhile, wrote about what comes next for the Golden State, amid signs that La Niña — which tends to load the dice for drought conditions — could be in store. —Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2024

Don’t just accept that God plays dice with the universe—learn how to load the dice. —Haomiao Huang, Ars Technica, 23 Aug. 2023

Warmer-than-usual conditions fueled by climate change essentially load the dice for extreme heat events, Dahl said. —Denise Chow, NBC News, 30 May 2022