run the risk

run a risk

To subject oneself to a particular risk or a high probability of a negative or unfortunate outcome. You always run a risk of upsetting your most loyal fans if you try to do something too innovative with subsequent films. I'd love to pay less taxes, but I'm not going to run a risk by doing so!
See also: risk, run

run the risk

To subject oneself to a particular risk or a high probability of a negative or unfortunate outcome. You always run the risk of upsetting your most loyal fans if you try to do something too innovative with subsequent films. He knew he would be risking jail time for evading his taxes, but he was willing to take the risk.
See also: risk, run
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

run a risk (of something)

 and run the risk (of something)
to take a chance that something (bad) will happen. I don't want to run the risk of losing my job. Don't worry. You won't have to run a risk.
See also: risk, run

run the risk

(of something) Go to run a risk (of something).
See also: risk, run
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

run a risk

Also, run the risk. Be subjected to danger, as in Hiding anything from customs means running a risk that you'll be caught, or Without the right postage and address, this package runs the risk of being lost. [Mid-1600s]
See also: risk, run
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

run the ˈrisk (of doing something)

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run ˈrisks

be or put yourself in a situation in which something bad could happen to you: We’d better give them what they want. We don’t want to run the risk of losing their business. Investment is all about running risks.
See also: risk, run
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • run a risk
  • run the risk of (something)
  • chance it
  • 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) head on the block
  • lay (one's) neck on the block
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I want to write about prayer, but I run the risk that I will sound as if I am writing with no experience at all about it.
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Never attempt to do it yourself because you run the risk of infection.
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The lifestyle is so enticing that he and his neighbors are willing to run the risk, he says.
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The nine-member panel said sitting judges who answer the questionnaire run the risk of violating the state's Canons of Judicial Ethics, which forbid judges from giving their opinions on matters that may come before the court.
Alabama Judicial Panel Says No To Christian Coalition Voter Guides
Surgery can open up the flow, but because the prostate is surrounded by nerves, patients run the risk of incontinence or impotence.
Palmetto and the Prostate
Pregnant women with high skeletal lead concentrations run the risk of exposing their children to lead during critical periods of fetal development.
Fetal Attraction
Peter Zimeri, the director of Civil Aviation said that the airport was shut down as a `precaution` because `aircraft can get damaged by the ash and we don`t want to run the risk.`
Volcanic eruption closes Guatemala City airport
If South Africans shy away from the report and refuse to acknowledge it as part of their collective history, they run the risk of not learning from the past.
Not for the faint-hearted
Adds Trappist Father Thomas Keating: "When you make a collage of various traditions, you run the risk of digging too many wells in a desert, which might take a lot of time, whereas if you work one well that has a good reputation where water is to be found, it might be more rewarding in the long run.
Utne Reader
"When you make tackles from behind the way Richard and Grant did you run the risk of yellow cards.
Walter faces double trouble