risk it
idiom
: to do something that may result in something bad or unpleasant happening
We should stop for more gas. We probably have enough, but I don't want to risk it.
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And most people don’t have the resources to risk it.
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Matthew Phillips, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
As popularity only continues to grow, some resellers are willing to risk it all.
—India Brown, Robb Report, 13 Aug. 2025
Produced by Google’s 100 Zeros, a content initiative in partnership with Range Media Partners, the immersive short follows a group of strangers who risk it all by taking an old rocket to mine a near-earth asteroid for a chance at unimaginable wealth.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 16 July 2025
Or maybe the coyote will be hungry enough to risk it.
—Helen Whybrow
july 7, Literary Hub, 7 July 2025
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Matthew Phillips, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
As popularity only continues to grow, some resellers are willing to risk it all.
—India Brown, Robb Report, 13 Aug. 2025
Produced by Google’s 100 Zeros, a content initiative in partnership with Range Media Partners, the immersive short follows a group of strangers who risk it all by taking an old rocket to mine a near-earth asteroid for a chance at unimaginable wealth.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 16 July 2025
Or maybe the coyote will be hungry enough to risk it.
—Helen Whybrow
july 7, Literary Hub, 7 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for risk it
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“Risk it.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/risk%20it. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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