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Run a risk   /rən ə rɪsk/   Listen
Run a risk

verb
1.
Take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome.  Synonyms: adventure, chance, gamble, hazard, risk, take a chance, take chances.





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"Run a risk" Quotes from Famous Books



... feel able to do. But then, on the other hand, we claim the liberty of leaving uncut other books in our science, which, however entertaining they may be in other respects, are not likely to contain any new facts. In doing this, we run a risk, but ...
— Chips from a German Workshop - Volume IV - Essays chiefly on the Science of Language • Max Muller


Words linked to "Run a risk" :   luck through, attempt, essay, luck it, go for broke, seek, assay, try, gamble


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