risk

1. There’s a risk of an accident happening in this fog.

2. I was afraid to take the risk of quitting my job before I had another one lined up.

3. We want clean rivers and lakes, where you can swim without risk to your health.

4. It was a high/low risk situation (= a situation with a lot of/very little danger).

5. Teenage drivers are considered higher risk

6. A child who hasn’t been vaccinated is at risk

7. He risk his life helping another man escape the fire.

8. We risk losing the business if we don’t pay off the loan on time.

9. In this business, the risk and the rewards are high.

10. There's a high risk of another accident happening in this fog.

11. [ + (that) ] The risk (that) we might fail made us work twice as hard.

12. [ + -ing verb ] It's always a risk starting up a new business.

13. The company is quite a good risk (= safe to lend money to).

14. We want clean rivers and lakes, where you can swim without risk to your health.

15. It's a low/high- risk strategy (= one that is safe/not safe).

16. This wire is a safety/fire risk

17. His employers thought he was a security risk (= he might tell their secrets to a competitor).

18. All houses within 100 metres of the seas are at risk of flooding.

19. Drivers are reminded that they leave their cars here at their own risk

20. Don't take any risk - just call the police.

21. You're running a big risk if oil prices drop sharply.

22. "It's dangerous to cross here." "I'll just have to risk it."

23. [ + -ing verb ] He risk losing his house when his company went bankrupt.

24. I'm not risk my life (informal neck) in that old car.

25. He risk life and limb to get the cat down from the tree.

26. She was prepared to risk everything on a last throw of the dice.