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chance it

Idioms  
  1. Take the risk or hazard of, as in I don't know if there's a later bus but let's chance it. The verb to chance alone was so used for a time, as in Let's just chance the rain—I'm not buying a new umbrella! [Late 1800s] Also see take a chance.


Example Sentences

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If you have travel insurance, there is a chance it includes conflict-related disruption.

From The Wall Street Journal

Prediction markets suggest Paramount is now in the driving seat: Polymarket’s event-based contracts implies a 53% chance it closes the deal, compared with odds of 37% for Netflix.

From Barron's

The CME’s FedWatch tool currently gives a 78.5% probability that the fed funds rate will be unchanged when Powell steps down as chair, a 21.5% chance it will be lower — and 0% odds it will be higher.

From MarketWatch

If the Supreme Court does not give him that chance, it will add to the long list of instances when the law promises one thing but doesn’t deliver it to death row inmates.

From Slate

“I haven’t checked the satellite images since early this morning, but there’s a chance it could shift northeast. Palm Breeze might get nicked, but you’ll be okay. This is the highest ground in the county. You’ll still need to be alert, though. You know the routine.”

From Literature