risk

/rɪsk/ verb [T]

Definition

MIGHT HAPPEN › If you risk something bad, you do something although that bad thing might happen: [+ doing sth] I'd like to help you, but I can't risk losing my job.

MIGHT LOSE › If you risk something important, you cause it to be in a dangerous situation where you might lose it: He risked his life to save me.

(Definition of risk verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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