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run a risk

VERB
  1. take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
    When you buy these stocks you are gambling

How To Use run a risk In A Sentence

  • Time was — time is — and, if I catch it not by the forelock as it passes, time will be no more — Nettlewood will be forfeited — and if I have in addition a lawsuit for my title, and for Oakendale, I run a risk of being altogether capotted. Saint Ronan's Well
  • The average man's judgment is so poor, he run a risk every time he use it.
  • In my understanding, this kind of dyeing must be done with very hot water (on top of the stove), and you run a risk of the fabric felting, twisting, or shrinking.
  • As an outsider, Zhou could run a risk.
  • run a risk
  • Time was -- time is -- and, if I catch it not by the forelock as it passes, time will be no more -- Nettlewood will be forfeited -- and if I have in addition a lawsuit for my title, and for Oakendale, I run a risk of being altogether capotted. St. Ronan's Well
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