take a chance

verb

Definitions

  1. To risk doing something

    To risk doing something; to try something risky.

    • 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.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA