take chances

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

take chances
    v 1: take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome; "When you
         buy these stocks you are gambling" [syn: {gamble},
         {chance}, {risk}, {hazard}, {take chances}, {adventure},
         {run a risk}, {take a chance}]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

26 Moby Thesaurus words for "take chances":
      brave, chance, chance it, court destruction, dare, defy danger,
      face up to, forget the odds, gamble, gamble on, hazard,
      play with fire, rely on fortune, risk, run a chance,
      run the chance, run the risk, set at hazard, take a chance,
      take a flier, tempt Providence, tempt fortune, trust to chance,
      try the chance, venture, wager

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