Synonym of act in the hope of

Verb

To take a risk, with the potential of a loss or positive outcome
gamble risk venture hazard imperil jeopardise jeopardize adventure wager chance speculate stake bet challenge play with fire stick your neck out put on the line have a fling at tempt fortune take a plunge make a stab at take a crack at go out on a limb go for broke buck the odds defy the odds take a chance take a risk bank on take a flyer take the plunge trust in leave things to chance put trust in put your faith put your faith in take a chance on trust to luck back oneself take a leap in the dark buy a pig in a poke chance one's arm endanger jeopard skate on thin ice gamble with compromise peril menace put at risk put in jeopardy roll the dice expose be on dangerous ground chance it risk it ask for it ask for trouble expose to danger lay bare run the risk dare take a gamble try jeopardy put in danger run the chance leave to luck gamble on run the risk of brave play assay lay open experiment with take the liberty take the liberty of tempt essay leap before looking be caught short hang by a thread go out of one's depth put eggs in one basket toss up put it on the line cast lots tempt fate try one's luck with draw lots take shot in the dark threaten guess suggest ask presume propose suppose submit throw out take a chance with go out on limb harm injure damage be detrimental to pose a threat to be a danger to leave vulnerable do harm to court prejudice flirt with dice with lay on the line leave defenseless take the risk of put someone's life on the line chance on undermine weaken advance proffer flirt implicate make liable subject to loss be careless with opine conjecture surmise volunteer put under suspicion place in danger sell out leave unprotected subject to be prejudicial to expose to risk drive a nail into the coffin of put forward stand a chance of

Nearby Words

action actionable actionably actionaries actionary action at law act in someone's stead act in someone's place act in sequence act in response to act in response act in place of

Antonym of act in the hope of

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