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taken a chance

taken a chance is the past participle of take a chance.

Meaning of take a chance

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To risk doing something; to try something risky.
    • He took a chance by supporting the unknown artist.

Questions about taken a chance

What is taken a chance the past participle of?
Taken a chance is the past participle of take a chance.

Words near taken a chance in the dictionary

  1. taken a break
  2. taken a breath
  3. taken a breather
  4. taken a bullet
  5. taken a chair
  6. taken a chance
  7. taken a cotton to
  8. taken a crack at
  9. taken a crap
  10. taken a decision
  11. taken a deep breath

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Adapted from Wiktionary: taken a chance (page history and authors); take a chance (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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