Crossword clues for chance on
chance on
WordNet
v. find unexpectedly; "the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb"; "she struck a goldmine"; "The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake" [syn: fall upon, strike, come upon, light upon, chance upon, come across, happen upon, attain, discover]
Usage examples of "chance on".
Not wanting to take a chance on awakening him, as she might have had she sat on the bed, Isabelle instead sat on the floor.
We'll have to take a chance on Tom lasting until it runs out of fuel!
The men doing the shooting did not take a chance on a target as small as Doc's head, but fired at his body.
This is bloody urgent so I'll have to take a chance on your line being bugged.
My last hope was Letha Radburn, who had some gift 1 didn't understand, but which I knew I wanted to take a chance on.
We took a chance on one of the dirt roads, and pretty soon we were crossing the evil old Sabine River that is responsible for all these swamps.
It had not been designed to last forever, but the men had had long experience, and they would not have taken a chance on shoddy construction.