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as in take a chance

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risking

verb as in take a chance

Strongest matches

  • compromise
  • defy
  • endanger
  • imperil
  • jeopardize

Strong matches

  • adventure
  • beard
  • brave
  • chance
  • confront
  • dare
  • encounter
  • face
  • gamble
  • hazard
  • jeopardy
  • meet
  • menace
  • peril
  • plunge
  • speculate
  • tackle
  • venture
  • wager

Weak matches

  • be caught short
  • defy danger
  • expose to danger
  • go out of one's depth
  • hang by a thread
  • leap before looking
  • leave to luck
  • play with fire
  • put in jeopardy
  • run the chance
  • run the risk
  • skate on thin ice
  • take a flyer
  • take a header
  • take a plunge
  • take on
  • take the liberty

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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