run the risk (of (doing something))

to make possible a particular result.

When doctors fail to follow government guidelines, they run the risk of being sued by their patients.

Usage notes: sometimes followed by a clause beginning with that:

By giving students more freedom, we run the risk that sometimes they will fail.

• in the dumps
• in the end
• in the event of
• in the event of something
• in the eyes of
• in the eyes of someone
• in the eyes of the law
• in the face of
• in the face of something
• in the family way
• in the fast lane
• in the final analysis
• in the first place
• in the flesh
• in the fullness of time
• in the grand scheme of things
• in the great scheme of things
• in the grip of
• in the grip of something
• in the groove
• in the hands of
• in the hands of someone
• in the heat of
• in the heat of something
• in the heat of the moment