chance it

chance it

To do something risky; to risk it. The person taking the action is usually aware of the inherent risk. If I were you, I wouldn't chance it—that milk expired days ago! The forecast called for snow, but we decided to chance it and drive up to the cabin anyway.
See also: chance
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

chance it

Take the risk or hazard of, as in I don't know if there's a later bus but let's chance it. The verb to chance alone was so used for a time, as in Let's just chance the rain-I'm not buying a new umbrella! [Late 1800s] Also see take a chance.
See also: chance
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
See also:
  • run the risk of (something)
  • run a risk
  • run the risk
  • calculated risk
  • put (one's) head on the block
  • put (one's) neck on the block
  • put head on the block
  • put your head on the block
  • put/lay your head/neck on the block
  • lay (one's) neck on the block
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"It's what I've wanted to do since being a little boy so if I get that chance it's massive for me."
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If you get your chance it's your job to take it and hopefully I can do that again."
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There's a good chance it's her, in which case, if she holds still for a minute, You will soon be a happily married man and Father Tom can grab a smoke.
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Lester is a predator and if you give him half a chance it's in the back of the net."
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``As soon as I miss a chance it's: `Why did they spend so much money on him?' There's even a song about it.
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