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Anonymous Posted 5 years ago
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"take his chances in the boat" ?
I ran into this sentence in the dictionary: "He decided to take his chances in the boat." I can't make heads or tails of it. What does that mean?
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To take your chances is to willingly do something risky. Tom: Don't go in that cave. I thought I heard a bear.
- To take your chances is to willingly do something risky.
- Tom: Don't go in that cave.
- I thought I heard a bear.
- Sue: I'll take my chances.
- You sentence is a bit mysterious without context, but it sounds like perhaps he wanted to get off an island, and he didn't want to go in the ratty old helicopter that had barely made it bringing them there.
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To take your chances is to willingly do something risky.
Tom: Don't go in that cave. I thought I heard a bear.
Sue: I'll take my chances.
You sentence is a bit mysterious without context, but it sounds like perhaps he wanted to get off an island, and he didn't want to go in the ratty old helicopter that had barely made it bringing them there.
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