take a chance

Definitions

To risk doing something; to try something risky.

idiomatic

Equivalents

Examples

“He took a chance by supporting the unknown artist.”

“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⟳.”

“[…] 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.”

“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.”

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