"take a risk" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-take a risk.ogg Forms: takes a risk [present, singular, third-person], taking a risk [participle, present], took a risk [past], taken a risk [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|take<,,took,taken> a risk}} take a risk (third-person singular simple present takes a risk, present participle taking a risk, simple past took a risk, past participle taken a risk)
  1. (idiomatic) To do something risky. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: roll the dice, take a chance, take a flyer, take a gamble Translations (to do something risky): διακινδυνεύω (diakinduneúō) (Ancient Greek), παραβάλλομαι (parabállomai) (Ancient Greek), arriskatu (Basque), ottaa riski (Finnish), prendre un risque (French), courir le risque (French), ein Risiko eingehen (German), correre un rischio (Italian), correr um risco (Portuguese), пойти́ на риск (pojtí na risk) [perfective] (Russian), рискова́ть (riskovátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), рискну́ть (risknútʹ) [perfective] (Russian), arriesgarse (Spanish), restearse (english: Andes) (Spanish)

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