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running the risk

running the risk is the present participle and gerund of run the risk.

Meaning of run the risk

Verb

run the risk (third-person singular simple present runs the risk, present participle running the risk, simple past ran the risk, past participle run the risk)

  1. (often) to risk something important.
    • When a reversionary society buys contingent reversions, it is entitled to say——“We cannot afford to run the risk of losing our money by the death of the reversioner, and therefore we must effect an insurance."1873, Journal of the Institute of Actuaries, Volume 17, page 413
    Synonyms:
    be at risk of

Questions about running the risk

What is running the risk the present participle and gerund of?
Running the risk is the present participle and gerund of run the risk.

Words near running the risk in the dictionary

  1. running the clock down
  2. running the gamut
  3. running the gantlope
  4. running the gauntlet
  5. running the gauntlope
  6. running the risk
  7. running the rule over
  8. running the show
  9. running the table
  10. running the whole show
  11. running therapies

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