run a risk

[run a risk] or [take a risk] {v. phr.}

To be open to danger or loss; put yourself in danger; be unprotected.

* /A baseball umpire wears a mask and chest protector so he won't run the risk of being hit by the ball./

* /Billy takes a risk of being hit by a car when he runs into the street without looking./

* /I was afraid to run the risk of betting on the game./

Compare: TAKE A CHANCE.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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