Meaning of roll the dice | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To take a chance, particularly a risky attempt.
   figuratively
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see roll, dice.

Examples

“No one really knows which companies and technologies will come out ahead, so everyone is rolling the dice.”

“Could we take the chance? Could we roll the dice?”

“Whatever comes next, the events of the June 12 presidential election will be remembered as a turning point in Iran's revolutionary history; a moment when Ayatullah Ali Khamenei rolled the dice.”

“Fresh & Easy is rolling the dice that Ms. Morris’s shopping patterns are not unique.”

“Appearing on live television is a gamble for a presidential candidate, or for any celebrity, without acting experience, but previous contenders have rolled the dice, including Mr. Trump and Hillary Clinton in 2015 and Barack Obama in 2007.”

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