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take a chance

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  1. gamble, chance, risk, hazard, take chances, adventure, run a risk, take a chanceverb

    take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome

    "When you buy these stocks you are gambling"

    Synonyms:
    pretend, encounter, happen, guess, run a risk, chance, gamble, bump, adventure, venture, hazard, jeopardize, stake, take chances, find, put on the line, lay on the line, risk

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#2877happen
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#35532jeopardize

How to use take a chance in a sentence?

  1. Dusty Baker:

    It has more to do with Michael, the workload on Michael’s legs, don’t forget he’s coming off that hammy. You’ve got to pick your poison. Do I give up some defense or do I take a chance on losing Michael? I’m more worried about that. We’re trying to protect Michael and keep his bat in the lineup at the same time.

  2. Adena Friedman:

    I look at it as a great innovation, it gives companies a chance to say,' Maybe I don't want to take a chance of not knowing how investors will value the company.

  3. Michael J. Gelb:

    Crazy people who are productive are geniuses. Crazy people who are rich are eccentric. Crazy people who are neither productive nor rich are just plain crazy. Geniuses and crazy people are both out in the middle of a deep ocean geniuses swim, crazy people drown. Most of us are sitting safely on the shore. Take a chance and get your feet wet.

  4. Jimmy Johnson:

    Do you want to be safe and good, or do you want to take a chance and be great?

  5. Charlie McCarthy (Edgar Bergen):

    Hard work never killed anybody, but why take a chance?


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  • поемам риск, рискувамBulgarian
  • es darauf ankommen lassenGerman
  • ριψοκινδυνεύω, ρισκάρωGreek
  • tente ta chanceFrench
  • rischiareItalian
  • waag een kansDutch
  • рисковать, попробуйRussian
  • ta en chansSwedish
  • ఒక సారి ప్రయత్నించుTelugu

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