take a chance - Longman Dictionary

take a chance meaning, definition, what is take a chance: to do something that involves risks: Learn more. takeachanceFromLongmanDictionaryofContemporaryEnglishtakeachancetakeachanceRISKtodosomethingthatinvolvesrisks  Theropemightbreak,butthat’sachancewe’llhavetotake.  Afterlosing$20,000onmylastbusinessventure,I’mnottakinganychancesthistime.takeachanceon  Hewastakingachanceonarelativelynewyoungactor.  Hedecidedtotakehischancesintheboat.→chanceExamplesfromtheCorpustakeachance•Isaacschanceditwithalongthree-pointshotatgoalinthelastminuteofthegame.•Thegreatchampionswereaggressive,tookchances.•Therearealotofpeopleherewhoareafraidtotakechancesanddonewthings.•Therearealotofpeopleinthemovieindustrywhoareafraidtotakechancesanddonewthings.•Hehadbeguntotakechances.•Hepersuadedtherecordcompanytotakeachanceontheband,anditbecameahugehit.•Bernsteindecidedtotakeachance.•Youhavetotakechancesforpeace,justasyoumusttakechancesinwar.•Lookingback,AndrewOryacknowledgeshewasbothbrashandnaive,butwillingtotakechances.•Victortookachanceandsetuphisowncompany,whichhasbeenverysuccessful.•Sheknewshewastakingachance,butshedecidedtobuythehouseanyway.•Itmightnothappen,butitisneverworthtakingachance. Exercises Exercises Vocabularyexerciseshelpyoutolearnsynonyms,collocationsandidioms. IntermediateandAdvancedlevelgrammarpracticewithprogresstests. Listeningandpronunciation,exampreparationandmore! Picturesoftheday Whatarethese? Clickonthepicturestocheck. Exploretopics Agriculture Psychology,psychiatry Factories Numbers Seealltopics Wordoftheday passable fairlygood,butnotexcellent