"tempt fate" meaning in English

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tempts fate",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tempting fate",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tempted fate",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tempted fate",
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        "past"
      ]
    }
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "glosses": [
        "To take an extreme risk."
      ],
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        [
          "extreme",
          "extreme"
        ],
        [
          "risk",
          "risk"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To take an extreme risk."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "risk one's life and limb"
        },
        {
          "word": "hostage to fortune"
        },
        {
          "word": "cheat fate"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "court disaster"
        },
        {
          "word": "play Russian roulette"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "het lot tarten"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "uhmata kohtaloa"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "tenter le diable"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "prokaló ti moíra",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "προκαλώ τη μοίρα"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "kísérti a sorsot"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "kusić los"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "skusić los"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "iskušátʹ sudʹbú",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "искуша́ть судьбу́"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "tentar al diablo"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "tentar a la suerte"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "vyprobóvuvaty dólju",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "випробо́вувати до́лю"
        }
      ]
    }
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  "word": "tempt fate"
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tempts fate",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tempting fate",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tempted fate",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tempted fate",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "risk one's life and limb"
    },
    {
      "word": "hostage to fortune"
    },
    {
      "word": "cheat fate"
    }
  ],
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To take an extreme risk."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "extreme",
          "extreme"
        ],
        [
          "risk",
          "risk"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To take an extreme risk."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "court disaster"
        },
        {
          "word": "play Russian roulette"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
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  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "het lot tarten"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "uhmata kohtaloa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "tenter le diable"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "prokaló ti moíra",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "προκαλώ τη μοίρα"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "kísérti a sorsot"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "kusić los"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "skusić los"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "iskušátʹ sudʹbú",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "искуша́ть судьбу́"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "tentar al diablo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "tentar a la suerte"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vyprobóvuvaty dólju",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "випробо́вувати до́лю"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tempt fate"
}