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If there is a risk of something unpleasant, there is a possibility that it will happen.
There is a small risk of brain damage from the procedure...
In all the confusion, there's a serious risk that the main issues will be forgotten.
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If something that you do is a risk, it might have unpleasant or undesirable results.
You're taking a big risk showing this to Kravis...
This was one risk that paid off.
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If you say that something or someone is a risk, you mean they are likely to cause harm.
It's being overfat that constitutes a health risk...
The restaurant has been refurbished — it was found to be a fire risk...
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If you are considered a good risk, a bank or shop thinks that it is safe to lend you money or let you have goods without paying for them at the time.
Before providing the cash, they will have to decide whether you are a good or bad risk...
If you are already considered a credit risk by a bank, a secured loan might be your only alternative.
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If you risk something unpleasant, you do something which might result in that thing happening or affecting you.
Those who fail to register risk severe penalties...
Pregnant women who are heavy drinkers risk damaging the unborn foetus.
5 VERB
If you risk doing something, you do it, even though you know that it might have undesirable consequences.
The captain was not willing to risk taking his ship through the straits in such bad weather.
At the top, I risked a glance back...
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If you risk your life or something else important, you behave in a way that might result in it being lost or harmed.
She risked her own life to help a disabled woman...
Why should he have risked all that to become an agent of a foreign power?
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To be at risk means to be in a situation where something unpleasant might happen.
Up to 25,000 jobs are still at risk...
An estimated seven million people are at risk of starvation...
8 PHRASE
If you do something at the risk of something unpleasant happening, you do it even though you know that the unpleasant thing might happen as a result.
At the risk of being repetitive, I will say again that statistics are only a guide...
Americans wanted to aid Britain even at the risk of war.
9 PHRASE
If you tell someone that they are doing something at their own risk, you are warning them that, if they are harmed, it will be their own responsibility.
Those who wish to come here will do so at their own risk.
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If you run the risk of doing or experiencing something undesirable, you do something knowing that the undesirable thing might happen as a result.
The officers had run the risk of being dismissed...
I knew I was running a great many risks.
There is relatively little information about risk, maybe you can watch a bilingual story to relax your mood, I wish you a happy day!
