Synonyms of running the risk of

running the risk of

phrase

present participle of run the risk of

as in gambling (on)

to take a chance on

If you don't use your turn signal when driving, you run the risk of causing an accident.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• gambling (on)
• risking
• tempting
• confronting
• venturing
• hazarding
• chancing
• adventuring
• betting (on)
• facing
• daring
• braving
• endangering
• challenging
• breasting
• outbraving
• brazening
• jeopardizing
• imperiling
• subjecting
• menacing
• compromising
• bearding
• wagering
• exposing
• defying

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of running the risk of

The swing decisions haven’t been any better this year than last, and Williams is running the risk of becoming more of a utility player than the everyday shortstop the Rays theoretically could use. — Jayson Stark, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026

The poor man either stays home or poaches, running the risk of a heavy fine and a term in a jail cell. — Jack O'Connor, Outdoor Life, 23 July 2026

Showers and thunderstorms expected this afternoon into this evening region-wide could produce two to three inches of rain per hour, running the risk of flash flooding, especially in urban areas, the alert said. — Kaitlyn McCormick, USA Today, 21 July 2026