Gamble and Try

Gamble

Gamble verb - Take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome.

Usage example: When you buy these stocks you are gambling

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Try and gamble are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Try" instead the word "Gamble" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: gambler, gambling, gambled

Try verb - To subject (a personal quality or faculty) to often excessive stress.

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Gamble and try are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Gamble" instead the word "Try" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: tried, trying

good	good gamble	good try
safe	safe gamble	safe try
complete	complete gamble	complete try
small	small gamble	small try
Other adjectives: entire, big, huge, major, final, last, younger.

In Godshome by Robert Sheckley, desperation when a "sure thing" stock market gamble goes wildly bad is what leads Arthur Fenn to try invoking old, forgotten gods.

Source: Trapped by Gambling Debts
At the end of Shiver, Olivia chooses to try and live with lycanthropy rather than gamble on an incredibly risky cure.

Source: I Choose to Stay
Trapped by Gambling Debts: In Godshome, desperation when a "sure thing" stock market gamble goes wildly bad is what leads Arthur Fenn to try invoking old, forgotten gods.

Source: Creator / Robert Sheckley

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