run the risk

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run the risk (of doing something)

to make possible a particular result. When doctors fail to follow government guidelines, they run the risk of being sued by their patients.

Usage notes: sometimes followed by a clause beginning with that: By giving students more freedom, we run the risk that sometimes they will fail.

See also: risk, run

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If I travelled to out-of-the-way places, I declined to run the risk of finding them dry. John Barleycorn by London, Jack View in context You can do it, if you will run the risk with Miss Jethro. I Say No by Collins, Wilkie View in context There was nothing for it now but to run the risk, and try Old Sharon. My Lady's Money by Collins, Wilkie View in context More results

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