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Definition of Take chances
1. Verb. Take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome. "When you buy these stocks you are gambling"
Generic synonyms: Assay, Attempt, Essay, Seek, Try
Specialized synonyms: Go For Broke, Luck It, Luck Through
Derivative terms: Adventure, Adventurer, Adventurer, Chance, Gamble, Gambler, Hazard, Risk
Lexicographical Neighbors of Take Chances
Literary usage of Take chances
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Agricultural Economics: A Selection of Materials in which Economic by Edwin Griswold Nourse (1916)
"THE WILL TO take chances' BY HA MILLIS The strong desire of the Japanese to lease
land is explained by several facts. In the first place, the members of ..."
2. Suomalais-englantilainen sanakirja by Severi Alanne (1919)
"... risk (1. hazard l. stake) [one's life, henkensä], place (1. put) .. in Jeopardy,
Jeopardize, take Chances ..."
3. Debates in the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention, 1917-1918 by Massachusetts Constitutional Convention (1919)
"Mr. ADAMS: Frankly, Mr. President, I would rather take chances as we are, because,
there we have something which at least is now comprehended. ..."
4. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by David Shephard Garland, John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie (1890)
"To induce others tobe- of selling lottery tickets contrary to come patrons of,
or to take chances and the act of March 7th, 1873, prohibiting purchase ..."
5. Drill Work, Methods and Costs: A Practical Treatise Covering the Methods by Ray Rochester Sanderson (1911)
"Drillers in the oil regions sometimes take chances in such material in an endeavor
to get a hole of a certain size down to a firm stratum so that the hole ..."
6. Agricultural Economics: A Selection of Materials in which Economic by Edwin Griswold Nourse (1916)
"THE WILL TO take chances' BY HA MILLIS The strong desire of the Japanese to lease
land is explained by several facts. In the first place, the members of ..."
7. Suomalais-englantilainen sanakirja by Severi Alanne (1919)
"... risk (1. hazard l. stake) [one's life, henkensä], place (1. put) .. in Jeopardy,
Jeopardize, take Chances ..."
8. Debates in the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention, 1917-1918 by Massachusetts Constitutional Convention (1919)
"Mr. ADAMS: Frankly, Mr. President, I would rather take chances as we are, because,
there we have something which at least is now comprehended. ..."
9. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by David Shephard Garland, John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie (1890)
"To induce others tobe- of selling lottery tickets contrary to come patrons of,
or to take chances and the act of March 7th, 1873, prohibiting purchase ..."
10. Drill Work, Methods and Costs: A Practical Treatise Covering the Methods by Ray Rochester Sanderson (1911)
"Drillers in the oil regions sometimes take chances in such material in an endeavor
to get a hole of a certain size down to a firm stratum so that the hole ..."
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