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take a chance

take a chance
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [teyk ey chans, chahns]
    • /teɪk eɪ tʃæns, tʃɑns/
    • /teɪk ə tʃɑːns/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [teyk ey chans, chahns]
    • /teɪk eɪ tʃæns, tʃɑns/

Definitions of take a chance words

  • verbal expression take a chance act on a possibility 1
  • verbal expression take a chance gamble, risk sth 1
  • phrase take a chance When you take a chance, you try to do something although there is a large risk of danger or failure. 0
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Parts of speech for Take a chance

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Take a chance

take a chance popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 87% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

Synonyms for take a chance

verb take a chance

  • adventuring — the act of doing adventurous things or having adventures
  • bite — If you bite something, you use your teeth to cut into it, for example in order to eat it or break it. If an animal or person bites you, they use their teeth to hurt or injure you.
  • dare — If you do not dare to do something, you do not have enough courage to do it, or you do not want to do it because you fear the consequences. If you dare to do something, you do something which requires a lot of courage.
  • go for broke — a simple past tense of break.
All 12 Synonyms of take a chance

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