TAKE CHANCES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does take chances mean? 

• TAKE CHANCES (verb)
  The verb TAKE CHANCES has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: TAKE CHANCES used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TAKE CHANCES (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 "take chances" is one way to...):

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

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take chances"):

go for broke (risk everything in one big effort)

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

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

 Context examples 

Besides, he could not take chances.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

We can't afford to take chances in a country like this. Two-hour spells in the future, for each of us.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)