risked

3 definitions • 5 examples

past simple and past participle of

to do something although there is a chance of a bad result:

"It's dangerous to cross here." "I'll just have to risk it."

[ + -ing verb ] He risked losing his house when his company went bankrupt.

If you risk something important, you cause it to be in a dangerous situation where you might lose it:

I'm not risking my life (informal neck) in that old car.

He risked life and limb to get the cat down from the tree.

She was prepared to risk everything on a last throw of the dice.