leave to chance

English

Verb

leave to chance (third-person singular simple present leaves to chance, present participle leaving to chance, simple past and past participle left to chance)

1. (transitive, chiefly in the negative) Not to take care of something; not to plan for something.

   to leave nothing to chance

   You shouldn't leave that to chance.

Translations

Translations

• Danish: overlade til tilfældighederne
• Dutch: aan het toeval overlaten
• Finnish: jättää sattuman varaan
• French: laisser au hasard (fr)
• German: dem Zufall überlassen
• Italian: lasciare al caso
• Polish: zostawiać losowi impf, zostawić losowi pf, zostawiać przypadkowi impf, zostawić przypadkowi pf

See also

• leave to one's own devices

Further reading

• “leave to chance”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “leave nothing to chance”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.