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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