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take a chance en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (idiomatic) To risk doing something; to try something risky.
   • He took a chance on me, gave me an opportunity to get into management, the opportunity I wanted, which could not have been an easy decision to make. 2009 August 28, Ewan Murray, I owe my Rangers career to Sir David Murray, says Walter Smith, The Guardian:
   • He took a chance by supporting the unknown artist.
   • […] say they will tend to play it safe, relying on sure-fire box-office hits and refusing to take a chance on experimental works, which almost are always box-office failures. 1982 February 19, Harold C. Schonberg, “Cuts In Federal Arts Budgets To Hit Small Groups Hardest”, in The New York Times:
   • When we did not use the X-ray, if we broke a piece of root off in extracting a tooth, we took a chance, left it in, and expected it to work out. 1919, John Hugh McQuillen et al., The Dental Cosmos, V.61, page 728:

Forms

Synonyms

roll the dice · take a gamble · take a flyer · take a risk

Translations (24)

hu tesz egy próbát (to risk) · hu kockáztat (to risk) · bg поемам риск (to risk) · el ριψοκινδυνεύω (to risk) · pl podejmować ryzyko (to risk) · bg рискувам (to risk) · tl magbakasakali (to risk) · pl zaryzykować (to risk) · pl podjąć ryzyko (to risk) · it rischiare (to risk) · fr se jeter à l'eau (to risk) · sv ta en chans (to risk) · ru рискова́ть (to risk) · es dejar lo cierto por lo dudoso (to risk) · grc παραβάλλομαι (to risk) · el ρισκάρω (to risk) · ca aventurar-se (to risk) · fi riskeerata (to risk) · hu megkockáztat (to risk) · es rifársela (to risk) · hu megpróbálkozik (to risk) · fi pelata upporikasta ja rutiköyhää (to risk) · gl arriscar (to risk) · pl ryzykować (to risk)