Collocations for "risk"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "risk" in context.
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risk
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [big, large, major, significant] risk
- am taking a [big] risk with
- a [high, low, medium] risk
- there is a [high] risk involved with
- a [financial, capital, political, career] risk
- represents a [significant] risk (to)
- [reduce, minimize, avert, eliminate] the risk
- ran the risk of losing his [investment, job, money, house]
- took too many risks [driving, investing, speaking]
- it isn't worth the risk
- [manage, assume, accept, handle] the risks
- [hedge, provision] (capital) against risk
- the insurance company [declared, considered] him poor risk
- many [people, patients, residents, children] are at risk
- at risk from [starvation, the hurricane]
- are at risk of [being, getting, becoming]
- I'll take the risk
- risk [capital, management, strategies]
- a risk [manager, analyst, provision]
- a [high, low] -risk [investment, strategy]
- a risk-averse [investor, customer, person]
- risk [everything, your life]
- risk [everything] for your [country, family]
- risk [defeat, failure]
- risk [a fall, an injury]
- risk an injury [playing, climbing, running]
- risk the [lives, safety, health] of others
- risk my [neck, job, career, health, personal safety] for
- risk exposure to
- risked her [marriage, reputation, career, life] (on)
- risk it (all) on the [roll of the dice, turn of a card]
- risk it by [going, doing, asking]
- risk being [found, noticed, killed, accused, arrested, beaten]
- risked losing [everything, millions] (on)
- the [government, US] risks [alienating, antagonizing]
- wouldn't risk [her finding out, your savings, it]
'risk' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
assess
- assessment
- assume
- assumption
- avoid
- brave
- cancer
- constantly
- cross
- decrease
- degree
- disease
- disregard
- element
- endangered
- entail
- explain
- expose
- exposure
- face
- factor
- flood
- flooding
- halve
- hedge
- high
- huge
- implied
- increase
- increased
- involve
- jeopardize
- lifetime
- livelihood
- lower
- management
- mighty
- offset
- oral
- own
- particularly
- population
- proceed
- regardless
- regularly
- run
- seminar
- slight
- stroke
- take