1. Home
  2. Idioms
  3. take a chance on

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
Jerrardjə-RAHRDEnglish (Rare)
Deon-English, African American
Ulysse-French
NydiaNID-ee-ə (English)English (Rare), Spanish, Literature
KayleahKAY-leeEnglish (Rare)
Kaorukah-o-ṙooJapanese
Copyright © IMWord Privacy Policy