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[ verb ] take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
Synonyms take_a_chance gamble risk take_chances chance adventure hazard Examples "When you buy these stocks you are gambling" Used in print (Jim Berry Pearson, The Maxwell Land Grant....)They were reluctant to appoint sheriffs to protect the property , thus running_the_risk of creating disturbances such_as that on the Vermejo , and yet the cowboys protested that they got no salary for arresting cattle_thieves and running_the_risk of being shot . They were reluctant to appoint sheriffs to protect the property , thus running_the_risk of creating disturbances such_as that on the Vermejo , and yet the cowboys protested that they got no salary for arresting cattle_thieves and running_the_risk of being shot . |
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