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Verb: run a risk
  1. Take a risk in the hope of a favourable outcome
    "When you buy these stocks you are running a risk"
    - gamble, chance, risk, hazard, take chances, adventure, take a chance

Derived forms: run a risk, running a risk, ran a risk, runs a risk

Type of: assay, attempt, essay, seek, try