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runs the risk

runs the risk is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 runs the risk

What is runs the risk the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Runs the risk is the third-person singular simple present indicative of run the risk.

Words near runs the risk in the dictionary

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

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