- chance 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?
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chance your arm
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chance 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 * * * … Useful english dictionary
chance 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? … New idioms dictionary
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