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Idioms and Phrases

Take the risk or hazard of, as in I don't know if there's a later bus but let's chance it . The verb to chance alone was so used for a time, as in Let's just chance the rain—I'm not buying a new umbrella! [Late 1800s] Also see take a chance .

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Example Sentences

He'll do what he can to keep the ball in Russia's court, but he knows there's every chance it could end up back in his.

From BBC

But there is still a reasonable chance it might not happen at all.

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You’ll clap twice as loud on the very good chance it captures a hard-earned Oscar win.

From Los Angeles Times

There’s also a chance it could rain in the Southland by the weekend.

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If you have recently had a contraceptive coil put into your womb, there is a very small chance it could become dislodged, or even removed, by suction.

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