chance it



chance it

Take the risk or hazard of, as in I don't know if there's a later bus but let's chance it. The verb to chance alone was so used for a time, as in Let's just chance the rain-I'm not buying a new umbrella! [Late 1800s] Also see take a chance.
See also: chance

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Grace[greis]
UgnĖ-Lithuanian
Ashikaga[aʃi:ka:ga:]
Rebecare-BE-kah (Spanish)Spanish, Portuguese
Ag[æg]
Claudiu-Romanian