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take one's chances

take one's chances is the alternative form of take one's chance.

Meaning of take one's chance

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)

Forms of take one's chances

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

Questions about take one's chances

What is take one's chances the alternative form of?
Take one's chances is the alternative form of take one's chance.

Words near take one's chances in the dictionary

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

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