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chance on

VERB
meet
Synonyms
STRONGEST
contact face find greet see
STRONG
accost collide confront cross encounter engage experience grapple hit light luck salute stumble tumble tussle
WEAK
brush against bump into come across come up against dig up fall in with get-together make a meet meet face to face rendezvous with rub eyeballs run across run into run up against touch shoulders
Antonyms
STRONG
avoid evade let go lose shun
WEAK
cancel dodge miss

Example Sentences

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"We wanted to take the chance on the kid," he said.

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2026

Bets for traffic through the strait to return to regular levels by the end of April have declined from 69% to a 25% chance on Polymarket.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 20, 2026

He still puts a 35% chance on fighting dragging into 2027.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

“He felt like Purdue took a chance on him, and he wasn’t going to forget that.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

In fact more and more red-and-white shirts seemed willing to take a chance on the condemned bleachers.

From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor