take a risk

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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 […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

calculated risk

[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./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

risk

[risk] See: [CALCULATED RISK], [RUN A RISK]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

J. De La Bruyere

One should never risk a joke, even of the mildest and most unexceptional charters, except among people of culture and wit. www.sky-net-eye.com

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