chance arm
1chance arm — chance (your) arm British & Australian, informal to take a risk in order to get something that you want. Aren t you chancing your arm a bit giving up a secure job to start a business? …
2chance your arm — chance your arm/luck/british informal phrase to decide to try to do something even though it may be dangerous or you may not succeed Thesaurus: to try hard to do or get somethingsynonym Main entry: chance * * * …
3Chance fracture — Classification and external resources A chance fracture of T10 and fracture of T9 due to a seatbelt during an MVC. ICD 10 S22.0 ICD …
4chance — ► 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 …
5arm-chancing — armˈ chancing noun and adjective see chance one s arm under ↑chance • • • Main Entry: ↑arm …
6chance one's arm (or luck) Brit. — chance one s arm (or luck) Brit. informal risk doing something. → chance …
7chance your arm — chance (your) arm British & Australian, informal to take a risk in order to get something that you want. Aren t you chancing your arm a bit giving up a secure job to start a business? …
8chance one's arm — ► chance one s arm Brit. informal risk doing something. Main Entry: ↑chance …
9chance — chance1 W1S1 [tʃa:ns US tʃæns] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(possibility)¦ 2¦(opportunity)¦ 3¦(risk)¦ 4¦(likely to succeed)¦ 5¦(luck)¦ 6 stand/have a chance (of something/of doing something) 7 by any chance 8 any chance of ...? 9 be in with a chance …
10chance 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 …