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
BeckahBEK-əEnglish
Porfirio-Italian, Spanish
SelmaSEL-mə (English), ZEL-mah (German)English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic
JenniJEN-ee (English), YEN-nee (Finnish)English, Finnish
LyricLIR-ikEnglish (Modern)
SjoerdSHOORT (Dutch)Frisian, Dutch