单词 | to risk it |
释义 | > as lemmasto risk it c. transitive. to risk it: to take a risk, be bold or daring. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > chance or risk [verb (transitive)] > venture upon or take the chances of adventurea1387 set1597 put1612 to risk it1758 1758 O. Goldsmith tr. J. Marteilhe Mem. Protestant II. 113 We entreated him to risk it for once. a1804 J. Mather Songs (1862) lxii. 79 Tiger for manners retreated, And left the old virgin to risk it. 1863 E. Farmer Scrap Bk. (ed. 3) 53 When a ‘sov’ or ‘fiver’ can be got on, We're game to risk it. 1910 Bulletin (Sydney) 13 Oct. 13/3 But the retrogade [sic], spiritless Australians risked it, and trekked over the sands, and built their tents in the middle of nowhere. 1956 J. Baldwin Giovanni's Room ii. iv. 181 She's finally agreed to risk it, poor soft-headed thing that she is, and we're planning to tie the knot. 2003 P. Lovesey House Sitter (2004) xiii. 188 It caught Jimmy unprepared and at first he dug in his heels and said he couldn't risk it and anyway he didn't want Porter being troubled. < as lemmas |
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