Search Result for "take_chances":
Wordnet 3.0

VERB (1)

1. take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome;
- Example: "When you buy these stocks you are gambling"
[syn: gamble, chance, risk, hazard, take chances, adventure, run a risk, take a chance]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

take chances v 1: take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome; "When you buy these stocks you are gambling" [syn: gamble, chance, risk, hazard, take chances, adventure, run a risk, take a chance]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

26 Moby Thesaurus words for "take chances": brave, chance, chance it, court destruction, dare, defy danger, face up to, forget the odds, gamble, gamble on, hazard, play with fire, rely on fortune, risk, run a chance, run the chance, run the risk, set at hazard, take a chance, take a flier, tempt Providence, tempt fortune, trust to chance, try the chance, venture, wager