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take a chance
/tˈeɪk ɐ tʃˈans/
/tˈeɪk ɐ tʃˈæns/
to take a chance
[PHRASE]1
to undertake an action even though one might fail
Examples
1. I stopped you in this street and asked you to lend me some money, and you lent me five pounds, because you said that you were willing to take a chance so as to give a man a start on the road to success.'
2. 'Well,' answered the stranger, 'are you still willing to take a chance?'
3. And so the way that they did the Kaepernick, kind of as a spokesperson and really taking chances.
4. This diverse group of people that are basically taking a chance on a topic that they don't know is how big it's really growing.
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