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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chance it

Football is such a gigantic industry now that there is, obviously, little or no chance it will ever be stopped.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

There’s a 14.3% chance that quake would happen on the Hayward fault; a 7.4% chance it would be on the Calaveras fault; and a 6.4% chance it would be on the San Andreas.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

But once he was handed a chance, it didn’t take long for Freese to turn heads around MLS.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

She's drawn not just by fascination with the genre, but also by the chance it gives her to bring attention to a local case.

From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026

“I know. That’s why I want it to get the best possible chance it can.”

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon

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