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calculated risk

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by A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates

[calculated risk] {n.}

An action that may fail but is judged more likely to succeed.

* /The sending of troops to the rebellious island was a calculated risk./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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