to chance one's arm
1chance one's arm (or luck) Brit. — chance one s arm (or luck) Brit. informal risk doing something. → chance …
2chance one's arm — ► chance one s arm Brit. informal risk doing something. Main Entry: ↑chance …
3chance one's arm — phrasal Britain : to take a position involving possible or probable disastrous loss * * * chance one s arm ● chance …
4chance one's arm — If you chance your arm, you decide to do something even though there is little hope of success. Tony knew there was little hope of getting into Harvard but he decided to chance his arm anyway …
5chance one's arm — phrasal British to take a risk …
6chance one's arm — verb To take a risk …
7chance — ► NOUN 1) a possibility of something happening. 2) (chances) the probability of something happening. 3) an opportunity. 4) the occurrence of events in the absence of any obvious design. ► VERB 1) do something by accident …
8arm-chancing — armˈ chancing noun and adjective see chance one s arm under ↑chance • • • Main Entry: ↑arm …
9chance — /tʃæns / (say chans), /tʃans / (say chahns) noun 1. the absence of any known reason why an event should turn out one way rather than another, spoken of as if it were a real agency: chance governs all. 2. fortune; fate; luck. 3. a possibility or… …
10chance — n., adj., & v. n. 1 a a possibility (just a chance we will catch the train). b (often in pl.) probability (the chances are against it). 2 a risk (have to take a chance). 3 a an undesigned occurrence (just a chance that they met). b the absence of …
