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took a risk

took a risk is the simple past of take a risk.

Meaning of take a risk

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To do something risky.

Questions about took a risk

What is took a risk the simple past of?
Took a risk is the simple past of take a risk.

Words near took a risk in the dictionary

  1. took a pull
  2. took a rain check
  3. took a raincheck
  4. took a reef in
  5. took a ride to Tyburn
  6. took a risk
  7. took a run at
  8. took a seat
  9. took a shining to
  10. took a shit
  11. took a shot in the dark

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Adapted from Wiktionary: took a risk (page history and authors); take a risk (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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