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trust to luck

VERB

gamble

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bet speculate wager

STRONG

back brave challenge dare defy endanger face game hazard imperil jeopardize lot play plunge put risk set stake venture

WEAK

buck the odds cast lots cut the cards flip the coin go for broke lay money on make a bet put faith in put trust in shoot the moon shoot the works stick one's neck out take a flyer tempt fortune try one's luck

Antonyms

STRONG

ascend discourage displace dissuade hide remove rise save

WEAK

be careful design ensure guard insure plan safeguard

Example Sentences

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After that, he knew, to some extent he had to trust to luck.

From New York Times • May 6, 2021

An operation would run you into debt and put you out of work: it’s wiser to freeze it and trust to luck.

From Slate • Jun. 12, 2013

We do our best, trust to luck, and just keep swimming.

From Forbes • Jan. 22, 2012

Instead, they are all too likely to let the system drift closer to the point at which the money runs out, then enact a series of emergency proposals�and trust to luck.

From Time Magazine Archive

But men have made the same mistake more than once—left the whole business out of account, or been content to trust to luck and the fortune of war.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

trust to luck

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