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
Eardwulf-Anglo-Saxon
Ramirus-Ancient Germanic (Latinized)
Katarinakah-tah-REE-nah (German, Swedish)German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Hungarian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
ElofE-lofSwedish
BÖRjeBUR-yeSwedish
Nikoleni-KOL (English)Basque, English