take a chance

“Pull up your pants / Stretch out — take a chance.”

He says that the people of Bamban had taken a chance by electing Guo, but that she had good connections to Chinese investors and had delivered on all her promises to the townspeople.

“It took enormous courage and bravery on all their parts and taking a chance on me. It’s a real chance,” she said.

Dobbins said in January he hoped to return after the Chargers took a chance on him after significant Achilles tendon and knee injuries.

Still, if you're going to take a chance there's perhaps no more fitting place on earth than Las Vegas to roll the dice.