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run the chance

VERB

risk

Synonyms

STRONGEST

compromise defy endanger imperil jeopardize

STRONG

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

WEAK

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 risk skate on thin ice take a flyer take a header take a plunge take on take the liberty

Antonyms

STRONGEST

guard protect save

STRONG

avoid be careful design dodge hide neglect plan retreat run away

WEAK

be certain

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Fog, strong summer winds, the churning currents of the English Channel, make it far more risky than crossing the Atlantic, where at least yachts do not run the chance of going aground.

From Time Magazine Archive

Dramatists like to depend on the programs for such information, but they run the chance that many auditors will not see the printed note.

From Dramatic Technique by Baker, George Pierce

After all," said Horace, "I shouldn't care a straw to run the chance, as far as I am concerned.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846 by Various

What county of England, if you dislike it extremely, would you run the chance of being stifled in?

From The Handbook of Conundrums by Ordway, Edith B.

“If I don’t do that I may run the chance of not having the sides even,” answered Dick.

From The Rival Crusoes by Kingston, William Henry Giles

run the chance

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