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run a risk

 
Verb run a risk has 1 sense
  1. gamble, chance, risk, hazard, take chances, adventure, run a risk, take a chance - take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome; "When you buy these stocks you are gambling"
    --1 is one way to try, seek, attempt, essay, assay
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
    => Somebody ----s
    => Somebody ----s PP
run-resistant run-through run-time run-time error run-up run-ups run run - up run a risk run across run afoul run after run aground run along run around run away run away with

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