run a risk

Idioms

Also, run the risk. Be subjected to danger, as in Hiding anything from customs means running a risk that you'll be caught, or Without the right postage and address, this package runs the risk of being lost. [Mid-1600s]

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run a risk

Ms Dickinson said shop staff are often advised not to intervene because they run a risk of being attacked.

From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2025

In the torrent of social media misinformation generated by an event and its immediate aftermath, prediction markets driven in part by social media run a risk of their own.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 10, 2025

Self-published authors run a risk of being sold cheap, he added.

From The Guardian ● May 15, 2017

People who fail to find work early in their lives run a risk of being unemployed and underemployed into early adulthood and beyond, according to researchers.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 14, 2017

My dear, How sweet it is to run a risk for his sake.

From L'Aiglon by Edmond Rostand

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