venture
verb [I usually + adv/prep, T] /ˈven.tʃər/
/-tʃɚ/ formalDefinition
C2 to risk going somewhere or doing something that might be dangerous or unpleasant, or to risk saying something that might be criticized: She rarely ventured outside, except when she went to stock up on groceries at the corner shop. As we set off into the forest, we felt as though we were venturing (forth) into the unknown. She tentatively ventured the opinion that the project would be too expensive to complete, but the boss ignored her.Taking risksGambling and bookmaking
(Definition of venture verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- a drowning man will clutch at a straw idiom
- a leap in the dark idiom
- adventurer noun
- be skating on thin ice idiom
- chance your arm idiom
- flirt with sth phrasal verb (DANGER)
- gamble on sth phrasal verb
- go for broke idiom
- have/put your head on the block idiom
- hazard verb
- play chicken idiom
- play with fire idiom
- pull a stunt idiom
- put your head over/above the parapet idiom
- put/lay sth on the line idiom
- stick your neck out idiom
- take your life in your hands idiom
- tempt fate/providence idiom
- up the ante idiom
- venture on/upon sth phrasal verb
Topic:
Taking risks
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