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taken one's chance

taken one's chance is the past participle 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)

Questions about taken one's chance

What is taken one's chance the past participle of?
Taken one's chance is the past participle of take one's chance.

Words near taken one's chance in the dictionary

  1. taken one day at a time
  2. taken one for the team
  3. taken one up
  4. taken one's ball and gone home
  5. taken one's business elsewhere
  6. taken one's chance
  7. taken one's courage in both hands
  8. taken one's cue from
  9. taken one's custom elsewhere
  10. taken one's ease
  11. taken one's eye off the ball

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