risk

phrases

• a good/bad risk

  a person or company considered according to how safe it is to lend them money or give them insurance or credit

  Loans to farmers are now considered to be a bad risk.

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• at risk

  in a situation in which something unpleasant or dangerous could happen to you

  at risk to:

  Reporters going to war zones do so at great risk to themselves.

  at risk of/from:

  Some plants are more at risk of frost than others.

  at risk from:

  Low-lying farmland may be at risk from flooding this weekend.

  put someone/something at risk:

  The officers said innocent people's lives had been put at risk.

  These measures will put many small businesses at risk.

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  See also  at-risk

• at the risk of doing something

  used for saying that you realize something bad or unpleasant may happen as a result of what you are going to say

  At the risk of seeming overly cautious, I don't think we should try it.

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• at your own risk

  if you do something at your own risk, you are responsible for any harm or damage that you suffer as a result

  You can use it, but you do so at your own risk.

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• run the risk (of something)

  to be in a situation in which something bad could happen

  She didn't go, because she didn't want to run the risk of seeing Neil again.

  The president runs the risk of assassination with every public appearance.

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• take a risk

  to do something although you know that something unpleasant or dangerous could happen

  Do you think I should take a risk and give her a call?

  take the risk of doing something:

  I didn't want to take the risk of leaving John alone.

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