Meaning of risk-taking | Babel Free

Definitions

Prone to engaging in risky behaviour or unafraid to do things with uncertain outcomes.

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“We're actually quite a risk-taking species, as species go: and because of that we've managed, in the space of little more than 100,000 years, to go from being a bunch of monkeys (hominids, if you want⟳ to be strictly correct⟳ about this) somewhere in Africa to more or less total world domination. Not to mention⟳ flying to the moon.”

“At a cost⟳ of an estimated $9 million, The Hire⟳ series consists of short movies (five or six minutes) about a risk-taking professional driver driving a BMW.”

““We are a risk-taking organization,” Kirk said. “We are doing multimillion-dollar deals. We guarantee⟳ loans. We could fail⟳. But my view⟳ is that Bob Dylan thing, 'He not busy being born is busy dying.'””

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