"roll the dice" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "Metaphor from the use of dice in gambling games.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "rolls the dice",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rolling the dice",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rolled the dice",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rolled the dice",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "roll the dice (third-person singular simple present rolls the dice, present participle rolling the dice, simple past and past participle rolled the dice)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "79 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1995 August 13, Christopher Farrell, “Commentary: Media Control Is Narrowing. Should We Worry?”, in Businessweek, retrieved 2012-08-14",
          "text": "No one really knows which companies and technologies will come out ahead, so everyone is rolling the dice.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2003, James Siegel, Derailed",
          "text": "Could we take the chance? Could we roll the dice?",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009 June 15, Tony Karon, “Khamenei: The Power Behind the President”, in Time",
          "text": "Whatever comes next, the events of the June 12 presidential election will be remembered as a turning point in Iran's revolutionary history; a moment when Ayatullah Ali Khamenei rolled the dice.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011 September 3, Jesse Hirsch, “Local Grocery Stores Try to Find Traction in Tough Times”, in New York Times, retrieved 2012-08-14",
          "text": "Fresh & Easy is rolling the dice that Ms. Morris’s shopping patterns are not unique.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To take a chance, particularly a risky attempt."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "take a chance",
          "take a chance"
        ],
        [
          "risky",
          "risky"
        ],
        [
          "attempt",
          "attempt"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To take a chance, particularly a risky attempt."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see roll, dice."
      ],
      "id": "en-roll_the_dice-en-verb-14~eJjXG",
      "links": [
        [
          "roll",
          "roll#English"
        ],
        [
          "dice",
          "dice#English"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "16 84",
          "word": "take a flyer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 84",
          "word": "take a gamble"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 84",
          "word": "take a risk"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "roll the dice"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Metaphor from the use of dice in gambling games.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "rolls the dice",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rolling the dice",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rolled the dice",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rolled the dice",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "roll the dice (third-person singular simple present rolls the dice, present participle rolling the dice, simple past and past participle rolled the dice)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English idioms",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1995 August 13, Christopher Farrell, “Commentary: Media Control Is Narrowing. Should We Worry?”, in Businessweek, retrieved 2012-08-14",
          "text": "No one really knows which companies and technologies will come out ahead, so everyone is rolling the dice.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2003, James Siegel, Derailed",
          "text": "Could we take the chance? Could we roll the dice?",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009 June 15, Tony Karon, “Khamenei: The Power Behind the President”, in Time",
          "text": "Whatever comes next, the events of the June 12 presidential election will be remembered as a turning point in Iran's revolutionary history; a moment when Ayatullah Ali Khamenei rolled the dice.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011 September 3, Jesse Hirsch, “Local Grocery Stores Try to Find Traction in Tough Times”, in New York Times, retrieved 2012-08-14",
          "text": "Fresh & Easy is rolling the dice that Ms. Morris’s shopping patterns are not unique.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To take a chance, particularly a risky attempt."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "take a chance",
          "take a chance"
        ],
        [
          "risky",
          "risky"
        ],
        [
          "attempt",
          "attempt"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To take a chance, particularly a risky attempt."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see roll, dice."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "roll",
          "roll#English"
        ],
        [
          "dice",
          "dice#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
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      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "take a flyer"
    },
    {
      "word": "take a gamble"
    },
    {
      "word": "take a risk"
    }
  ],
  "word": "roll the dice"
}