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took one's chance

took one's chance is the simple past 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 took one's chance

What is took one's chance the simple past of?
Took one's chance is the simple past of take one's chance.

Words near took one's chance in the dictionary

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

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