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
Rositsa-Bulgarian
JytteYUYD-deDanish
Asif-Arabic
JochemYO-khəmDutch
Alexandros-Greek, Ancient Greek, Biblical Greek, Greek Mythology
Gennadigye-NAH-dee, gee-NAH-deeRussian