take a risk

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

take a risk (third-person singular simple present takes a risk, present participle taking a risk, simple past took a risk, past participle taken a risk)

1. (idiomatic) To do something risky.

Synonyms

• roll the dice
• take a chance
• take a flyer
• take a gamble

Translations

to do something risky

• Basque: arriskatu
• Finnish: ottaa riski
• French: prendre un risque, courir le risque (fr)
• German: ein Risiko eingehen
• Greek:

  Ancient: διακινδυνεύω (diakinduneúō), παραβάλλομαι (parabállomai)

• Italian: correre un rischio
• Portuguese: correr um risco
• Russian: пойти́ на риск pf (pojtí na risk); рискова́ть (ru) impf (riskovátʹ), рискну́ть (ru) pf (risknútʹ)
• Spanish: arriesgarse (es), restearse (es) (Andes)

See also

• Appendix:Collocations of do, have, make, and take