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.
Examples of risk it in a Sentence
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If things have worked fine for decades, why risk it?
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Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2024
That agonizing decision to either risk it and go for it or to have to go somewhere and get change.
—Corky Carroll, Orange County Register, 26 Jan. 2024
What risk is Nelly willing to take for a young man willing to risk it all?
—Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 7 Feb. 2024
Don’t risk it, if water is flowing over the road #TurnAroundDontDrown.
—Aya Elamroussi, CNN, 1 Feb. 2024
The individual who sent the letter to the younger Blenkinsop decided to risk it and send both a few days early.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Jan. 2024
Doctors tell patients to stop eating before surgeries that require general anesthesia because of the risk it could be vomited up and end up in the lungs.
—Alexander Tin, CBS News, 3 Jan. 2024
An academic paper has reported that when a new iPhone came out people were more likely to behave in a more risky way with their old phone and risk it being lost/stolen/broken.
—Eric Griffith, PCMAG, 18 Sep. 2023
Most captains would obviously want to avoid such a costly and dangerous situation, but the sheer number of nets draped on Stellwagen wrecks indicates that some are willing to risk it.
—Laura Trethewey, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Sep. 2023
Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2024
That agonizing decision to either risk it and go for it or to have to go somewhere and get change.
—Corky Carroll, Orange County Register, 26 Jan. 2024
What risk is Nelly willing to take for a young man willing to risk it all?
—Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 7 Feb. 2024
Don’t risk it, if water is flowing over the road #TurnAroundDontDrown.
—Aya Elamroussi, CNN, 1 Feb. 2024
The individual who sent the letter to the younger Blenkinsop decided to risk it and send both a few days early.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Jan. 2024
Doctors tell patients to stop eating before surgeries that require general anesthesia because of the risk it could be vomited up and end up in the lungs.
—Alexander Tin, CBS News, 3 Jan. 2024
An academic paper has reported that when a new iPhone came out people were more likely to behave in a more risky way with their old phone and risk it being lost/stolen/broken.
—Eric Griffith, PCMAG, 18 Sep. 2023
Most captains would obviously want to avoid such a costly and dangerous situation, but the sheer number of nets draped on Stellwagen wrecks indicates that some are willing to risk it.
—Laura Trethewey, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Sep. 2023
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“Risk it.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/risk%20it. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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