take one's chance

English

Verb

take one's chance (third-person singular simple present takes one's chance, present participle taking one's chance, simple past took one's chance, past participle taken one's chance)

1. (idiomatic) To act in a manner dependent on luck: to attempt to do something risky or not particularly likely to succeed.
   • 2010, February 28, Alice Park, The Men’s Figure-Skating Fracas, Time (retrieved 29 Dec. 2022):

     Lysacek opted not to take his chances with the risky move.

Synonyms

• take one's chances

Translations

to act in a manner dependent on luck

• Finnish: ottaa riski, koettaa onneaan
• Greek:

  Ancient: παραβέλλομαι (parabéllomai)

• Polish: ryzykować (pl) impf, zaryzykować (pl) pf
• Spanish: jugársela