RUN A RISK

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does run a risk mean? 

• RUN A RISK (verb)
  The verb RUN A RISK has 1 sense:

1. take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome

  Familiarity information: RUN A RISK used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RUN A RISK (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

adventure; chance; gamble; hazard; risk; run a risk; take a chance; take chances

Context example:

When you buy these stocks you are gambling

Hypernyms (to "run a risk" is one way to...):

assay; attempt; essay; seek; try (make an effort or attempt)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "run a risk"):

go for broke (risk everything in one big effort)

luck it; luck through (act by relying on one's luck)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

 Context examples 

It is not good that she run a risk so great.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

A large sum of money is at stake, for the scholarship is a very valuable one, and an unscrupulous man might very well run a risk in order to gain an advantage over his fellows.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)