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take a chance on

take a chance on someone or something

to gamble that something good might happen or that someone might do well; to take a risk that something would go wrong or that someone would do badly. I just couldn't take a chance on Walter, so I picked David. I would never take a chance on that horse!
See also: chance, on, take

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Rosarioro-SAH-ryo (Spanish), ro-ZAH-ryo (Italian)Spanish, Italian
PietraPYE-trahItalian
Rosella-Italian
Shaquille-English (Modern)
Balakrishna-Indian, Telugu, Kannada
Charley['tʃa:li]
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