take a chance
Verb
  1. (idiomatic) To risk doing something; to try something risky.
    He took a chance by supporting the unknown artist.
    • 2009, August 28, Ewan Murray, I owe my Rangers career to Sir David Murray, says Walter Smith, The Guardian,
      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.
    • 1982, February 19, Harold C. Schonberg, Cuts In Federal Arts Budgets To Hit Small Groups Hardest‎, The New York Times,
      […] 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.
Synonyms Translations
  • Italian: rischiare
  • Russian: рискова́ть



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