chance one's arm
chance one's arm · chances one's arm · chanced one's arm · chancing one's arm
To take a riskTo take a risk.
Meaning
1 senses(informal)To take a risk.
Forms
chances one's arm, chancing one's arm, chanced one's arm, chanced one's arm| Base form | chance one's arm · to chance one's arm |
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| 3rd person singular | chances one's arm |
| Present participle | chancing one's arm |
| Past simple | chanced one's arm |
| Past participle | chanced one's arm |
irregular
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.