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take a gamble

take a gamble verb: to try something risky.

Verb

take a gamble (third-person singular simple present takes a gamble, present participle taking a gamble, simple past took a gamble, past participle taken a gamble)

  1. (idiomatic) To try something risky.
    • He really took a gamble when he left his job to become a writer. But it paid off in the end.
    • I took a gamble on my girlfriends' parents not being home and turned up without warning.

Synonyms of take a gamble

Forms of take a gamble

third-person singular presenttakes a gamble
present participletaking a gamble
pasttook a gamble
past participletaken a gamble

Questions about take a gamble

What does take a gamble mean?
Take a gamble means to try something risky.
What part of speech is take a gamble?
Take a gamble is a verb.
What is the past tense of take a gamble?
The past tense of take a gamble is took a gamble.

Words near take a gamble in the dictionary

  1. take a flying fuck
  2. take a flying fuck at a rolling donut
  3. take a flying fuck at a rolling doughnut
  4. take a flying leap
  5. take a French leave
  6. take a gamble
  7. take a gander
  8. take a grab
  9. take a guess
  10. take a hike
  11. take a hint

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