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take one's chance

take one's chance verb: to act in a manner dependent on luck: to attempt to do something risky or not particularly likely to succeed.

Verb

take one's chance (third-person singular simple present takes one's chance, present participle taking one's chance, simple past took one's chance, past participle taken one's chance)

  1. (idiomatic) To act in a manner dependent on luck: to attempt to do something risky or not particularly likely to succeed.
    • Lysacek opted not to take his chances with the risky move.2010, February 28, Alice Park, The Men’s Figure-Skating Fracas, Time (retrieved 29 Dec. 2022)

Synonyms of take one's chance

Forms of take one's chance

third-person singular presenttakes one's chance
present participletaking one's chance
pasttook one's chance
past participletaken one's chance

Questions about take one's chance

What does take one's chance mean?
Take one's chance means to act in a manner dependent on luck: to attempt to do something risky or not particularly likely to succeed.
What part of speech is take one's chance?
Take one's chance is a verb.
What is the past tense of take one's chance?
The past tense of take one's chance is took one's chance.

Words near take one's chance in the dictionary

  1. take one up
  2. take one's ball and go home
  3. take one's bat and ball and go home
  4. take one's best shot
  5. take one's business elsewhere
  6. take one's chance
  7. take one's chances
  8. take one's courage in both hands
  9. take one's cue from
  10. take one's custom elsewhere
  11. take one's ease

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