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chance one's arm

chance one's arm verb: to take a risk.

Verb

chance one's arm (third-person singular simple present chances one's arm, present participle chancing one's arm, simple past and past participle chanced one's arm)

  1. (informal) To take a risk.

Forms of chance one's arm

third-person singular presentchances one's arm
present participlechancing one's arm
past participlechanced one's arm
pastchanced one's arm

Questions about chance one's arm

What does chance one's arm mean?
Chance one's arm means to take a risk.
What part of speech is chance one's arm?
Chance one's arm is a verb.
What is the past tense of chance one's arm?
The past tense of chance one's arm is chanced one's arm.

Words near chance one's arm in the dictionary

  1. chance acquaintances
  2. chance card
  3. chance cards
  4. Chance Cove
  5. chance on
  6. chance one's arm
  7. chance passenger
  8. chance the ducks
  9. chance upon
  10. chance would be a fine thing
  11. chance'd be a fine thing

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