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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take a chance; risk |
| Synonyms: | adventure, conjecture, dare, endanger, gamble, go for broke, go out on limb, guess, imperil, jeopardize, presume, proffer, skate on thin ice, speculate, stake, submit, suppose, take a plunge, throw out, try, venture, volunteer, wager |
| Main Entry: | venture |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take a chance |
| Synonyms: | advance, assay, attempt, bet, brave, challenge, chance, dare, dare say, defy, endanger, essay, experiment, expose, feel, front*, gamble, get down, go out on a limb, grope, have a fling at, hazard, imperil, jeopardize, lay open, make a stab at, make bold, operate, play for, play the market, presume, put in jeopardy, put up, risk, speculate, stake, stick one's neck out, take a crack at, take a flyer, take a plunge, try, try out, volunteer, wager |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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