roll the dice

phrase

: to assume a risk by taking action

rolled the dice when they bought those stocks

Examples of roll the dice in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Drury rolled the dice by sending his 2028 first-rounder to Vegas in the Dorofeyev trade, then doubled down by shipping his 2030 first to the Vancouver Canucks for Pettersson. — Vincent Z. Mercogliano, New York Times, 21 July 2026

Many of these are innocent people who don’t want to roll the dice and go away for decades instead of years, or face an execution. — Rene Denfeld, PEOPLE, 21 July 2026

Until then, global syndicates will happily roll the dice on street-level arrests while the corporate entities handling the cash enable the pipeline. — Ari Maas, New York Daily News, 11 July 2026