chance it

Idioms  

1. 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

The CME’s FedWatch tool currently gives a 78.5% probability that the fed funds rate will be unchanged when Powell steps down as chair, a 21.5% chance it will be lower — and 0% odds it will be higher.

From MarketWatch

If the Supreme Court does not give him that chance, it will add to the long list of instances when the law promises one thing but doesn’t deliver it to death row inmates.

From Slate

“I haven’t checked the satellite images since early this morning, but there’s a chance it could shift northeast. Palm Breeze might get nicked, but you’ll be okay. This is the highest ground in the county. You’ll still need to be alert, though. You know the routine.”

From Literature

Wright's trial was told the chance it was not his was "one in a billion".

From BBC

I know the adults may not let her see it; but even if there’s the tiniest chance it’ll get to her, it’s worth it.

From Literature

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