take a gamble

verb

To try something risky.

“I took a gamble on my girlfriends' parents not being home and turned up without warning.”

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roll the dicetake a chancetake a flyertake a risk
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Meanings

verbtake a gamble (third-person singular simple present takes a gamble, present participle taking a gamble, simple past took a gamble, past participle taken a gamble)

present singular third person takes a gamble · participle present taking a gamble · past took a gamble · participle past taken a gamble

  1. idiomaticTo try something risky.

    I took a gamble on my girlfriends' parents not being home and turned up without warning.

    1 more example

    He really took a gamble when he left his job to become a writer. But it paid off in the end.

    Synonyms: roll the dice, take a chance, take a flyer, take a risk

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo try something risky.

Similar
roll the dicetake a chancetake a flyertake a risk
Also see
roll the dicetake a chancetake a flyertake a risk
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Chicago

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