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]

Example Sentences

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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

Speaking to an audience of thousands at the Nov. 18 coronation ball for the new queen, she added: “All of us, we all run a risk simply for being who we are.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2024

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

"But ye run a risk in carrying it."

From The Coast of Adventure by Bindloss, Harold

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