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at the risk of

at the risk of preposition: despite the likelihood of (something bad happening).

Preposition

at the risk of

  1. Despite the likelihood of (something bad happening).
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Questions about at the risk of

What does at the risk of mean?
At the risk of means despite the likelihood of (something bad happening).
What part of speech is at the risk of?
At the risk of is a preposition.

Words near at the risk of in the dictionary

  1. at the outside
  2. at the point of
  3. at the races
  4. at the ready
  5. at the receiving end
  6. at the risk of
  7. at the same time
  8. at the sight of
  9. at the soonest
  10. at the tail
  11. at the time

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